Indonesian man dies during KFC’s chicken eating contest

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

PHOTO: AFP

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.

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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.

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“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
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