By IANS,
London: An 18-year-old university student in Britain fell down a few stairs and died after he drank a whole bottle of rum in 15 minutes during a drinking contest.
Timothy Jarvis, a maths student at the University of Essex, suffered massive head injuries when he drunkenly stumbled down the stairs, The Sun reported.
Demitris Vachaviolos, a fellow student, told an inquest that Jarvis died after a drinking bet in October last year.
“They had a stopwatch as they drank a bottle of rum. Timothy claimed he could drink one in 30 minutes – and did it in 15,” he said.
“As we tried to get him into his bed he started chasing me and a couple of girls. I heard the stairwell door open, then a fall and he was lying at the bottom,” he said.