Legacy Matters

Death by chocolate

Police were last night investigating the death of a man who fell into a vat of melted chocolate.

Factory worker Vincent Smith II toppled into the mix as he was filling the eight-foot deep tank with hot chocolate.

Detectives said the 29-year-old was dumping giant chunks of chocolate over the side when he was hit by a mixing blade, causing a fatal blow.

Three co-workers at Cocoa Services in Camden, New Jersey, rushed to turn off the machine. But by the time they could get to the unconscious man it was too late.

He had been in the chocolate – which was at a temperature of about 120 degrees – for about ten minutes by the time emergency crews managed to pull him out.

My condolences to the family who must hard to deal with the jokes about the manner of his death that was really horrible