One of the last things Harris Wolobah, 14, of Worcester, Mass., ate before he died was a single tortilla chip in a coffin-shaped box that bore an image of a skull with a snake coiled around it, his mother said.
Lois Wolobah said her son’s school called last Friday to tell her he was sick and that she needed to come and get him.
When she arrived, Harris was clutching his stomach in the nurse’s office, she said in an interview on Tuesday.
He showed her a picture of what he had just consumed: a single Paqui chip, dusted with two of the hottest peppers in the world, the Carolina Reaper and the Naga Viper.
The label on the box said “One Chip Challenge” and carried a warning — “Inside: One Extremely Hot Chip.” Paqui tortilla chips are made by Amplify Snack Brands, a subsidiary of the Hershey Company.
Persons:
Harris Wolobah, Lois Wolobah, Harris
Organizations:
Brands, Hershey Company
Locations:
Worcester