(This is horrible and makes me think there is more to this story than what's
being reported.  Fun fact: I have eaten at this very restaurant before.)

From: https://shorturl.at/S72tu (nypost.com)

===
Olive Garden cook kills self by dunking head into searing hot deep fryer:
cops

   By Emily Crane
   Published Feb. 5, 2026, 12:15 p.m. ET

   An Olive Garden cook has died after he dunked his own head into a
   searing hot deep fryer -- as his co-workers frantically tried to thwart
   his gruesome suicide, authorities said.

   The employee, who hasn't been identified, stripped his clothes off and
   thrust his face into the fryer at the chain's restaurant in
   Williamsport, Pennsylvania, last Friday afternoon, the Smoking Gun
   reported.

   "A male victim went head first into the fryers," dispatchers could be
   heard saying in grim 911 audio.

   "I don't have a lot of details, lot of people screaming, some kind of a
   burn victim," another operator could be heard saying.

   The cook was rushed to a nearby hospital to be treated for his severe
   burns, but he later died from his injuries, authorities said.

   A female employee suffered minor burns after she and several other
   workers tried to stop the cook from injuring himself even further.

   At least one customer also tried to intervene.

   Both Olive Garden and authorities refused to release any details about
   the ordeal, only describing it as a "suicide attempt."

   The restaurant shut down for several days in the wake of the incident
   but has since reopened.
===

-- Sean
 
--- MultiMail/Linux
 * Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN (618:618/1)