Vacationer dies in Jamaica after trying to down all 21 cocktails on drink menu

A British man on vacation in Jamaica died after attempting to drink 21 cocktails on the bar’s menu, according to reports from the UK.

Timothy Southern, 53, of Staffordshire, England, was vacationing with his family in May 2022 in Saint Ann, Jamaica, where he met two women at a bar trying to finish a 21-drink challenge to celebrate a birthday, according to ITV News.

Southern had already been drinking brandy and beer before taking on the challenge, according to an inquest.

He joined the women and had 12 drinks before returning to his room at the Royal Decameron Club Caribbean, where he later passed away.

His family has criticized the medical treatment he received when they first noticed he was sick.

“He was on his back choking. I put him in the recovery position and screamed for an ambulance,” a family member said, according to an inquest reported by ITV.  “He was making a gurgling sound. As soon as he was in the recovery position he vomited. I was shouting his name with no response.

“When the nurse arrived I said had an ambulance been called, and she said ‘no.’ I thought she would take over. But that was not the case. I noticed he was starting to lose temperature. I checked his pulse and couldn’t find it,” the family member explained.

Reportedly the nurse told the family to remember that Southern did still have a pulse, and that’s when the family member started “to lose it” over witnessing Southern’s treatment.

“The service and treatment he received was disgusting,” the family member continued in their comment to the inquest, reported to ITV News.

A pathologist in  Kingston Jamaica’s ruled that Southern died from “acute gastroenteritis due to alcohol consumption.” The inquest into Southern’s toxicology report could take up to three years before it makes it to the U.K., reported ITV News.