Frenchman Dies After Downing 56 Shots in Drinking Competition

 French police opened an investigation on Wednesday following the death of a man in his 50s after he downed 56 shots during a drinking competition.

The man, who was not named, was attempting to beat the previous record of 55 shots in a bar in Clermont-Ferrand in central France on Friday.

"He swallowed around 30 glasses in the space of a minute," a police source told AFP. 

The man was driven home in a drunken stupor and emergency services took him in later that night His 21 years old daughter when questioned she said,"My father died by his own hand but it was the bar that served him the drinks,". 

She is waiting for the results of an autopsy carried out in the immediate aftermath. 

The daughter said she would sue the bar if it transpired there was negligence in the case. 

Police said the manager could be charged with "not assisting a person in danger." 

The manager himself said he was "very affected" by the death but declined to comment further saying he preferred to explain the events to officials.

How could he be that careless, their is something called alcohol poisoning. such competitions should be banned.