Friday, August 18, 2006

Man trapped waist-deep in chocolate

Fri Aug 18, 9:53 AM ET

It might sound like a chocoholic's dream, but stepping into a vat of chocolate became a two-hour nightmare for a 21-year-old man Friday morning.

The man, an employee of a Kenosha company that supplies chocolate ingredients, told police he got into the tank at Debelis Corp. to unplug it and became trapped waist-deep in the chocolate.

"It was pretty thick. It was virtually like quicksand," said Police Capt. Randy Berner.

Co-workers, police and firefighters tried to free the man but couldn't get him loose until the chocolate was thinned out. Berner said the worker was taken to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries.

2 comments:

boneman said...

Ah, but not to worry folks...
the minor injuries were just an overdose of chocolate as he tried t'eat his way out of the predicament!

They gave him milk.

alli-gal said...

Is it normal for someone to actually submerge themselves into the chocolate that I might be eating someday??? I'm not sure how I feel about that!!!!