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Migrant worker dies after going 'out to lunch'
(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-11-19 09:29

A man died and another lost consciousness after sharing a bottle of Erguotou, a hard Chinese liquor, in Haikou, capital of Hainan province, last Wednesday.

The tragedy took place in a small restaurant near a construction site around noon when two migrant workers quaffed the bottle of 52-percent alcohol.

After passing out, both were immediately sent to a nearby hospital for emergency treatment.

Doctors were still treating a fellow drinking partner the next day.

Local police have launched an investigation into the heavy lunch.

(Nanguo Metropolis Daily)