What a way to die – death by chocolate. A man from New Jersey died after falling into a vat of boiling chocolate destined to end up as candy bars. The 29-year old, Vincent Smith II, was working in a plant that melts and processes chocolates for Hersheys, one of the world’s biggest makers of candies.

According to police reports, Smith was loading chocolate into vat from a platform when he fell in. He quickly submerged into the boiling mixture as his co-workers tried to save him. One worker was reported to have shut off the machine
immediately but it was too late. Smith was hit on the head by one of the mixing paddles in the vat and must have lost consciousness. He was later recovered by emergency personnel. Official reports say Vincent Smith died of asphyxiation.

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