A teenager, Harris Wolobah, died in Massachusetts on Friday after allegedly participating in a viral social media trend known as the “One Chip Challenge”.
According to the mother, Lois Wolobah, the 14-year-old died as a result of the challenge after he ate an extremely spicy Paqui chip at school and became sick afterwards.
The One Chip Challenge is a social media challenge that involves eating purportedly the spiciest tortilla chip in the world, and then waiting as long as possible before eating or drinking something for relief.
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According to the mother, she was called to the school by a nurse on Friday and was told by a nurse that a classmate gave him the chip, leaving him with a bad stomach ache.
Harris’ cause of death has not been confirmed, and officials didn’t share more info information about the circumstances around it.
