A teenager in the South Carolina died as a result of drinking a number of highly-caffeinated drinks too quickly, according to a coroner in US . It acts on the body's central nervous system within minutes, increasing alertness and reducing sleepiness. Davis Allen Cripe , who was aged April , collapsed after drinking a Reuters 's coffee, a Mountain Dew and an energy drink, which may have contained up to 470 milligrams of caffeine in minutes . Cripe, who had no prior heart condition, died from a "caffeine-induced cardiac event causing a probable arrhythmia". The death was not the result of a caffeine overdose, but rather of the fact that the caffeine was ingested so quickly, the coroner stated.
A teenager in the South Carolina died as a result of drinking a number of highly-caffeinated drinks too quickly, according to a coroner in US . Davis Allen Cripe , who was aged April , collapsed after drinking a Reuters 's coffee, a Mountain Dew and an energy drink, which may have contained up to 470 milligrams of caffeine in minutes . Cripe, who had no prior heart condition, died from a "caffeine-induced cardiac event causing a probable arrhythmia". The death was not the result of a caffeine overdose, but rather of the fact that the caffeine was ingested so quickly, the coroner stated.