Family demands FCC pull radio station linked to water death
Lawyers for the family of a woman who died after drinking nearly two gallons of water in an on-air radio contest are demanding the Federal Communications Commission terminate the station’s license.The development comes as the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department continues to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of 28-year-old Jennifer Lea Strange, and as the family’s lawyers threaten to file a wrongful-death suit against the station as early as Thursday.
“Despite having a distended abdomen and complaining of significant symptoms of a headache and lightheadedness, the radio station allowed her to leave the premises without any type of assistance or concern. Ms. Strange went home, slipped into a coma and died,” wrote Roger Dreyer, the family’s personal injury lawyer, in a letter Sunday to Kevin J. Martin, the FCC chairman.
“We believe the conduct of the radio management and the on-air staff mandates that your agency terminate the radio station’s license and discipline its ownership for their wanton disregard of the safety of the participants in this contest.”