Tragic death of 14-year-old in viral TikTok One Chip-eating Challenge.
According to media sources, last Friday in a high school in the US state of Massachusetts, a 10th grade student accepted the One Chip Challenge, which became an excuse for his death.
Video sharing app TikTok One Chip Challenge, which is going viral by a company called Pakoi, has to accept the challenge by eating spicy chips.
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To gauge consumers’ tolerance of the chili’s effects, the company challenges them to refrain from eating or drinking anything for an hour after eating the chip.
After being challenged by a friend at school, 14-year-old Harris allegedly ate the highly-spicy chips given to him by his friend, causing him to suffer from stomach pains.
The boy’s mother claims that the school called her and asked her to bring her son home when her son’s condition worsened. After a while, Harris felt better.
According to his mother, his condition worsened when he was about to leave for a basketball game and he was taken to a local hospital where he died.
According to a notice on the challenge’s promotional website, the chips are for adults only, which also recommends seeking medical help if they experience difficulty breathing, fainting or nausea after eating.
The police are investigating the death of the youth, but the cause of death will be revealed in the post-mortem report.
