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A challenge on Tik Tok tragically ends the life of an American child

April 19, 2023

An American child was tragically killed, after he entered a dangerous and popular challenge on the site "Tik Tok".

According to a newspaper "New York Post"The child Jacob Stephens (13 years), from Ohio, died from an overdose of the drug, while he was trying to impress his followers, as part of a challenge described as reckless.

The challenge is based on a person taking between 12 and 14 antihistamine pills, in order to enter into a state of hallucinations.

quotes "New York Post" The father of the child said that his late son was with his friends at the end of the week, when he overdosed on the drug.

Pictures broadcast by the newspaper showed a large swelling in the child’s body after taking an overdose of antihistamines, because he was still young.

The child was taken to the hospital and placed under a respirator, but he stayed for six days while he was in critical condition, then he died.

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