Posted by ed on 7/8/2009, 1:52 pm
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..."Death by Chocolate" was just a billion calorie desert at the Claim Jumper Restaurant. Read on -
Man dies after falling into vat of chocolate
From Associated Press
July 08, 2009 4:17 PM EDT
CAMDEN, New Jersey - Authorities say a man died after falling into a vat of melted chocolate in a New Jersey processing plant.
The Camden County prosecutor's office identified the victim as 29-year-old Vincent Smith II. He was a temporary worker at the Cocoa Services Inc. plant.
The accident happened Wednesday morning as Smith was loading chocolate into a vat where it's melted and mixed before being shipped elsewhere to be made into candy.
Prosecutor's spokesman Jason Laughlin says a co-worker tried to shut off the machine and two others tried to pull Smith out of the 8-foot-deep vat. He was hit and fatally injured by the agitator that mixes the chocolate.
Footnote: It's also been reported that this poor fella started yelling "Fire" "Fire" after his unfortunate plunge. When his comrade arrived to try and pull him out he asked the fallen guy "Why did you yell FIRE?" and the guy in the vat replied "Who would've come if I had yelled 'CHOCOLATE'?"
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