poor one. he just wanted to have a little fun.

Boy dies after swallowing live fish

03/14/2007 | 09:48 AM

What started out as a joke turned deadly for a 15-year-old boy who choked after accidentally swallowing a live fish in General Santos City Tuesday.

Radio dzBB reported Wednesday that the boy, initially identified as Johnny Talino, 15, of Sarangani province, failed to reach a nearby hospital alive.

The report cited initial information indicating that Johnny was at a gathering with his father and his friends when he jokingly put a live fish in his mouth.

But the fish slipped through his hands and into his mouth, and was briefly lodged in his throat.

After swallowing the fish, Johnny could not get the fish out of his throat and had difficulty breathing. He was rushed to a nearby hospital but died on the way there. - GMANews.TV