This is absolutely tragic.

A new report has surfaced that a chef at an Olive Garden in Pennsylvania committed suicide inside the restaurant.

The details of the suicide are extremely graphic.

A 911 dispatcher audio from teh suicide reported the man reportedly put his head inside the fryers inside the restaurant.

The New York Post reported more on the tragic suicide:

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.

The Olive Garden restaurant logo on the building’s exterior.
An Olive Garden cook has died after he dunked his own head into a searing hot deep fryer at the chain’s restaurant in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, last Friday.

“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 to a nearby hospital to be treated for his severe burns, but he later died from his injuries, authorities said.

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 co-workers of the chef are reportedly traumatized:

Olive Garden worker dies by horrific deep fryer suicide in front of traumatized colleagues https://t.co/aRqzBtDMRQ

— Daily Mail (@DailyMail) February 5, 2026

Complex reported the restaurant has since been reopened:

Pennsylvania State Police spokesperson and trooper Lauren Lesher told The Smoking Gun that the “incident was a suicide attempt and out of respect for the individual and their family, we do not release information.”

Olive Garden has not released additional information about the incident or the employee’s identity. The Pennsylvania location was closed for several days and has since has since reopened.