COLUMBIA, South Carolina -- A coroner said a healthy 16-year-old South Carolina high school student died from heart problems after drinking too much caffeine.
Richland County Coroner Gary Watts on Monday, May 15, said Davis Cripe had no pre-existing heart condition that might have caused him to collapse and die in a classroom last month.
Watts said Cripe drank a large Mountain Dew, a latte from McDonald's and an energy drink in the two hours before his heart fell out of rhythm at Spring Hill High School near Chapin on April 26.
Watts said parents need to know that while a soda or a cup of coffee is okay for teenagers, large amounts of caffeine can be deadly. (AP)