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 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.
