A Drinking Competition Worth R200 Kills A Man in Mashamba Village, Limpopo.
Jägermeister has indirectly found itself in the crosshairs of bad publicity. In an incident that allegedly took place on Sunday at a tavern, called the Blue Corner Car Wash & Liquor Restaurant, in Ha-Mashamba Village, near Elim, in Limpopo, minutes before midnight. An unidentified man is seen participating in an impromptu drinking challenge worth R200 which would ultimately seal his fate.
Not more than two minutes after downing a bottle of Jägermeister without pausing, cheered on by onlookers, collapsed and was later pronounced dead after being taken to the local clinic
Limpopo police spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo said police in Waterval, outside Louis Trichardt, had opened an inquest case.
“It follows an incident of apparent misuse of alcohol that took place at one of the local liquor outlets at Mashamba Village, where the patrons allegedly participated in what they called a ‘drinking competition’, in which the winner who could consume the entire bottle of Jagermeister, within a specified time, would get R200 cash,” Mojapelo said.
The owner of the tavern has not made a comment. This is a developing story.