Harris Wolobah died on Friday, according to officials. His family have blamed his death on the so-called one chip challenge, popular on TikTok.
Harris Wolobah fromdied on Friday, officials said, following what his family suspect to be from"complications" due to the"one chip challenge", although results from a post-mortem are pending.
The cause of the student's death has not been confirmed, and officials did not share more information about the circumstances around it. The one chip challenge, popular on TikTok, involves munching on supposedly one of the spiciest tortilla chips in the world, then bearing the heat for as long as possible before eating or drinking something else for relief.brand Paqui comes individually wrapped and its website says it is made from two of the hottest chilli peppers in the world - the Carolina Reaper and Scorpion.
Harris's mother, Lois Walobah told NBC10 Boston that she was called to the school by a nurse on Friday and that her son had told him a classmate gave him the chip, leaving him with a bad stomach ache.More on Massachusetts
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