Quebecer died from mixture of high-alcohol drink and cold medication: coroner
MONTREAL — A Quebec coroner says a man’s death last December was caused by a combination of cold medication and four cans of a sugary high-alcohol drink.
Pierre Parent, 30, drank two cans of Four Loko before going to his parents for dinner last Christmas Day and knocking back a 473-millilitre bottle of Smirnoff.
Four Loko has an alcohol content of 11.9 per cent, while Smirnoff has an alcohol content of 4.8 per cent.
Coroner Yvon Garneau’s report, which was released Tuesday, states Parent began complaining of a sore stomach in the evening and then drank two more cans of Four Loko before swallowing two acetaminophen pills during the night.