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A Pennsylvania town famous for hosting the Little League World Series was the site of a grisly death scene a week ago.
The horrific event at an Olive Garden restaurant in Williamsport, located in.north-central Pennsylvania, reportedly left coworkers in shock and caused the multi-day closure of the restaurant.
Here’s what happened at the Olive Garden in Williamsport, PA.
What happened at Olive Garden?
Several published reports confirm an unnamed Williamsport Olive Garden worker died by suicide after dunking his head, face-first, into the boiling grease of the kitchen’s fryer.
The gruesome incident occurred Friday, Jan. 30.
According to MSN, the employee stripped off his clothes before dunking his head into the roiling grease fryer, shocking coworkers who were trying to prevent the act.
“‘A male victim went head first into the fryers,’ dispatchers could be heard saying in grim 911 audio,” read a portion of MSN’s report. “‘I don’t have a lot of details, lot of people screaming, some kind of a burn victim,'” another operator could be heard saying.
“The cook was rushed (to) a nearby hospital to be treated for his severe burns, but he later died from his injuries, authorities said. A female employee suffered minor burns after she and several other workers tried to stop the cook from injuring himself even further.”
The Smoking Gun provided additional details.
“In response to a TSG inquiry, Trooper Lauren Lesher, a Pennsylvania State Police spokesperson, said that the ‘incident was a suicide attempt and out of respect for the individual and their family, we do not release information.’ Lesher added that the provision of details about the event could lead to the late worker’s identity being discovered,” read The Smoking Gun’s report. “In a brief phone conversation, a manager at the Olive Garden — which closed for a couple of days after the incident — said, ‘We are not able to disclose anything due to our privacy laws.'”
Where is Williamsport?
Williamsport, Pennsylvania is the home of the Little League Baseball World Series and is the seat of Lycoming County.
Damon C. Williams is a Philadelphia-based journalist reporting on trending topics across the Mid-Atlantic Region.
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