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Man Falls Into Vat of Chocolate, Dies

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CAMDEN, N.J. (July 8) – Authorities say a man 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.
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11:59 PMAug 02 2009

lol i guess thats what they mean by death by chocolate!!! lmao

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07:45 PMJul 12 2009

So that's what that tasty "uhmmph" was in my snickers bar...

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03:07 PMJul 12 2009

I love chocolat, but I won't be eating any, any time soon, I won't be drinking any beer either, somebody fell into one of those hoppers,too!

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07:26 PMJul 10 2009

The day will come for each and everyone of us. When the angel of death appears, there is no remedy.

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06:46 PMJul 10 2009

LOL I GUESS THIS WASNT SO SWEET AFTER ALL LMAO I WONDER IF THE OOMPA LOOMPAS CAME OUT AND SANG HIM A SONG???

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06:43 PMJul 10 2009

OMG THIS IS WORSE THAN THAT AUGUSTAS GALOOP KID ON WILLY WONKA FALLING IN TO THE POND OF CHOCOLATE AND GETTING SUCKED UP INTO THE PIPE!! OMG TEAR TEAR THEY HAVE CONTAMINATED THE CHOCOLATE!!!

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11:44 AMJul 10 2009

The bible teaches us to laugh at death and cry at birth. When I die, I can only hope that people are laughing, because I will looking from Heaven laughing at you.

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09:43 AMJul 10 2009

They are going to MILK this CHOCOLATE story to death.

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