Indonesian man dies during KFC’s chicken eating contest

Three participants competed to eat fried chicken wings in the least amount of time

A 45-year-old Indonesian man choked to death on Saturday during a chicken eating contest in Indonesian capital Jakarta.

The competition was organised by fast-food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) on Friday, and had three participants who raced to eat the fried chicken wings in the least amount of time, according to EFE news.



According to the police, the victim choked, drank water and died despite being given medical aid.

Earlier, In January, a three-year-old girl died after choking on a toy hidden inside a Kinder Surprise chocolate egg.

The girl’s mother told police the child swallowed a small plastic wheel that had become detached from a toy hidden inside the egg, a much-loved product made by Italian company Ferrero.



“The child’s grandfather arrived quickly and managed to extract the object”, but the girl had fallen into a coma and died on Saturday night in a hospital in the southwestern city of Toulouse, prosecutor Cecile Deprade said in a statement.

An autopsy confirmed “death following mechanical asphyxiation,” the gendarmerie in Toulouse said on Tuesday.

This article originally appeared on Indian Express