A 20-year-old college student in Fairfield,
Connecticut tragically died on Sunday after choking during a Greek life
pancake-eating contest at her school three days prior.
According to
The Daily Mail,
Caitlin Nelson was participating in the Sacred Heart University contest last
Thursday night "when she suddenly fell to the floor and started shaking
uncontrollably" after consuming four or five pancakes.
Two nursing students in attendance at the
party rushed to try and help her, and police and paramedics quickly arrived on
the scene.
“Our officers were on the scene quickly,”
Fairfield Police Chief Gary MacNamara told People.
“They recognized the gravity of the situation
immediately and desperately and heroically tried to clear her airway.
Tragically, the obstruction was not easily cleared and that lack of oxygen for
that amount of time ultimately caused severe damage.”
cosmopolitan Report that Nelson was then taken to a
local hospital, where doctors said she was in critical but stable condition.
She was later transferred to New
York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, where she died on Sunday.
“It’s a tragic event that started out as
something fun,” Fairfield police Lt. Bob Kalamara said during a news
conference. "It was just a tragic accident.”
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