Victory Proves Fatal in Drinking Contest
From Times Wire Reports
RUSSIA
A vodka-drinking competition in the southern Russian town of Volgodonsk ended in tragedy when the winner died and several runners-up were hospitalized.
A prosecutor said the man who organized the contest was charged with manslaughter.
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