A teen who participated in a spicy tortilla chip challenge on social media died from ingesting a substance containing a high amount of a chili pepper extract.
FILE - Harris Wolobah, with the basketball in his hands, takes part in game in the Blueprint Basketball League in Worcester, Mass., April 21, 2023. Wolobah died Friday, Sept. 1, after his family says he ate an extremely spicy tortilla chip that was sold as the One Chip Challenge and popularized on social media . died from ingesting a substance containing a high amount of the chili pepper extract capsaicin, according to an autopsy report obtained by The Associated Press.
The teen, a tenth-grader named Harris Wolobah who hailed from Worcester and loved playing basketball, died in 2023 after eating the chip. He was found unresponsive by police who were called to his home, and brought to a hospital, where he died. The cause of death was listed as cardiopulmonary arrest “in the setting of recent ingestion of food substance with high capsaicin concentration.” The report also noted the teen had an enlarged heart and a congenital heart defect.Harris' mother said a classmate gave her son the chip on Sept. 1. He reportedly went to the school nurse's office with a stomach ache.
Retailers pulled the product from shelves at the manufacturer's request The company also offered refunds on the single-serving product.
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