Sacred Heart University is mourning the loss of a 20-year-old student who died after complications following a pancake eating contest at the Fairfield, Connecticut, campus.
Caitlin Nelson of Clark, New Jersey, was competing in a Greek Life food-eating competition on March 30 when she began shaking uncontrollably and fell to the floor, according to local reports.
She had consumed “several” pancakes and when officers arrived she was “unresponsive and not breathing,” People confirms with the Fairfield Police Department. Nelson had allergies, but medical staff hasn’t been able to confirm that the allergies were a “contributing factor to the incident,” according to police.
Caitlin Nelson of Clark, New Jersey, was competing in a Greek Life food-eating competition on March 30 when she began shaking uncontrollably and fell to the floor, according to local reports.
She had consumed “several” pancakes and when officers arrived she was “unresponsive and not breathing,” People confirms with the Fairfield Police Department. Nelson had allergies, but medical staff hasn’t been able to confirm that the allergies were a “contributing factor to the incident,” according to police.
- 4/3/2017
- by Rose Minutaglio
- PEOPLE.com
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