Caffeine Kills Teen Boy? A Cautionary Tale About Teens and Energy Drinks
A 16-year-old South Carolina boy consumed a large Diet Mountain Dew, a cafe latte from McDonald’s, and an energy drink within the course of 2 hours, and it evidently cost him his life. [1]
Davis Allen Cripe’s caffeine splurge likely caused deadly a heart arrhythmia, according to Richland County coroner Gary Watts.
“It was too much caffeine at the time of his death that it caused his arrhythmia.”
The Mayo Clinic explains heart arrhythmias this way:
