Cumming girl dies after choking on hotdog in school lunchroom
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Posted 7:39AM on Thursday 23rd September 2004 ( 20 years ago )
CUMMING - A nine-year-old girl who lapsed into unconsciousness after choking on a hot dog at a school in Forsyth County has died.<br>
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County Coroner Lauren McDonald III said Tuesday that Arely Rodriguez died Thursday after being removed from life support. Her death came a week after the food lodged in her windpipe in the cafeteria of Midway Elementary School.<br>
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Witnesses told the coroner the accident happened September 9 as Arely and some friends apparently were joking about who could eat a hot dog fastest.<br>
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The child never regained consciousness and died at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite.
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