The horrific death of an Olive Garden cook who threw himself into the restaurant’s deep-fryer in an apparent suicide was so jarring even the emergency dispatcher broadcasting the service call sounded shook-up.
“A male victim went head-first into the … fryers,” a male voice said with a pregnant pause over the Lycoming County Fire and EMS radio on Jan. 30, moments after calls started coming in.
“I don’t have a lot of details … lot of people screaming, some kind of a burn victim,” another operator could be heard saying in audio reviewed by The Post.
The victim, whose identity has not been released, stripped off his clothes and thrust his face into the fryer at the chain’s Williamsport, Pennsylvania, location, as terrified coworkers desperately tried to stop him, authorities said.
He was rushed to a nearby hospital with severe burns but later died from his injuries.
Pennsylvania State Police did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for additional information.
The restaurant chain and authorities so far only describing the incident as a “suicide attempt,” and declining to comment further or identify him.
The chain restaurant was shuttered for several days but has since reopened.
