[ad_1]
A lawsuit was filed against the University of Connecticut, where a 20-year-old student was strangled to death during a pancake contest, according to reports.
Caitlin Nelson's family began a lawsuit Monday against Sacred Heart University in his April 2017 death for organizing the fatal eating contest, reported the Hartford Courant.
Nelson, of Clark, New Jersey, reportedly took part in the Greek Life Contest on March 30, 2017, when she began to choke and collapse.
"She starts to choke on a pancake and somebody recognized her – one of the contest's nursing students – and she caught him and brought her to ground, "said Fairfield Police Lieutenant Robert Kalamaras at the Post in April 2017.
The police officers who responded attempted to clear Nelson's airway, but were unable to save it. The complaint alleges that police found her mouth "compacted with pancakes, almost to the teeth," according to the Hartford Courant.
The sisterhood of the Kappa Delta was taken to a local hospital and transferred to the Columbia University Medical Center in New York, where she died a few days later.
An autopsy revealed that Nelson had died of asphyxiation due to an obstruction of the airways.
The lawsuit against the university aims to obtain damages and raise public awareness of the dangers of amateur consumption competitions.
"These competitions are significantly more dangerous than people realize and it is extremely important for the public – especially educational institutions – to understand that some foods are safer than others and that they are not safe. a minimum of foresight can literally save lives, "said lawyer Katie Mesner-Hage at Hartford. Current.
Source link
