http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090708/twl ... d0ae9.html

A 29-year-old man has died after falling into a vat of molten chocolate at a factory in the US.

Vincent Smith II was with three workers dumping chunks of chocolate into the simmering liquid when he somehow lost his balance and fell in.

TV pictures showed one of his distraught colleagues standing outside the factory in Camden, New Jersey, his clothes covered in chocolate.

He had apparently tried to rescue the man, who had died by the time emergency services arrived at the scene ten minutes later.

Jason Laughlin, spokesman for the Camden County Prosecutor's Office, said an investigation has been launched into the incident.

"He somehow slipped and fell into the vat," he said.

"Inside the vat, he was hit by a piece of equipment called the agitator that's used to stir, and that killed him."

Mr Laughlin said the vat at the Cocoa Services Inc plant was around 8ft deep.

"At this point there's no suggestion of foul play," he added. "It appears to be an accident.

"This man unfortunately fell into this hole and passed away before anyone could rescue him."

Cocoa Services employs another company - Lyons and Sons - to do the mixing at the factory.

in this area we call that "going into the city"

damnit Sunny. I was just going to make the same reference.

No Way

he came to a sticky end..

First thing that popped in my head too

Well, if I can't die in my sleep, I'll accept giant vat of chocolate as a reasonable alternative.

Drowning is actually quite unpleasant.

Umm, yeah, not to mention having the skin melted off your body and/or being chopped up by some big-ass mixer.

You guys are so negative.

NaT wants to die in a chocolate-eating contest!