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Liam Buckler

TikTok breaks silence after boy dies in sick 'Benadryl challenge' while pals film him

TikTok has broken its silence after a 13-year-old boy died while doing a sick 'Benadryl challenge' as his mates filmed him to upload to the social media app.

Jacob Stevens took part in the twisted viral challenge, which sees users down the over-the-counter antihistamine medicine in a bid to try and create a hallucination.

The teenager was being filmed by his friends at home when he started to suffer a seizure.

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