After downing 56 shots, French man dies

French police opened an investigation on October 29 following the death of a man in his 50s after he downed 56 shots during a drinking competition. The man was driven home in a drunken stupor and emergency services took him in later that night. He died the next day in hospital after falling into a coma and suffering a heart attack, his daughter said. The bar manager told local daily La Montagne that the man was drinking “much too fast” and he advised him to stop after the first 30 or so shots. But the daughter disputed this version of events, saying it was only after the 56 shots had been consumed that he was told to go home.

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