Man Killed In Melted Chocolate

Death New Jersey Man dies after falling into vat of chocolate in New Jersey.

by Associated Press

Published: Thu, July 09, 2009 - 5:00 am CST Last Updated: Thu, July 09, 2009 - 5:10 am CST

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - Authorities say a man has died after falling into a vat of melted chocolate in a New Jersey processing plant.

The Camden County prosecutor's office identified the victim as 29-year-old Vincent Smith II of Camden. He was a temporary worker at the Cocoa Services Inc. plant.

The accident happened Wednesday morning as Smith was loading chocolate into a vat where it's melted and mixed before being shipped elsewhere to be made into candy.

Prosecutor's spokesman Jason Laughlin says a co-worker tried to shut off the machine and two others tried to pull Smith out of the 8-foot-deep vat. He was hit and fatally injured by the agitator that mixes the chocolate.

Cocoa Services hires a second company - Lyons and Sons - to do the mixing.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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rmseek1234 Says:

Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:13 am

Remix (no pun intended) Pour some chocolate on me…

southernbelle6913 Says:

Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 8:59 am

Chocolate covered human…

Mike x51 Says:

Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 7:54 am

I wonder if the chocolate had time to harden by the time they got him out. He would be like a giant chocolate easter bunny with man-filling.

KxVicious Says:

Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 6:11 pm

Hey now, Bob. Nobody said the man was crazy!

KxVicious Says:

Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 6:10 pm

I’m hot, sticky sweet
From my head to my feet.

YEAH! B-)

BamaBob Says:

Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 6:07 pm

No one should make fun of such a tragic death! But, I am going to hold off for a while on getting that Hershey bar with nuts.

rmseek1234 Says:

Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 5:54 pm

I can’t seem to get the chorus of a certain Def Leppard song out of my head now….

KxVicious Says:

Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 2:32 pm

This is true.

It’s nice to see you’ve joined the WKRG pootalk section.

Mike x51 Says:

Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 1:02 pm

I don’t know, I never found out for sure if you were a boy or not… lol.

rmseek1234 Says:

Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 1:00 pm

For some reason, I just don’t want that Hershey bar anymore. I’m more interested in this “developing” story.lol Good luck guys-it’s nice to reconnect with old friends.

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