One dead after ingesting ‘unknown cleaner’ at Winston-Salem bar
WINSTON-SALEM (WRAL) — A man who consumed an “unknown cleaner” at a Winston-Salem bar has died.
According to his family, Connor Sebastian, 31, of Winston-Salem, was one of the three patrons who became “violently ill” after drinking beer that was mixed with chemicals at Burke Street Pub.
The conditions of the other two people injured have not been released.
A 911 call, obtained by WXII, provided insight into what happened. The caller told dispatchers a contracted company that cleans the beer lines at the pub may have left a poisonous cleaner in one of the lines.
“All three of these people drank the exact same beer and immediately began vomiting. They said it was burning their throats and burning their mouths,” the caller told 911.
Thursday, 12 Investigates learned that Caffey Distributing, out of Greensboro, is the distributor involved.
“We are investigating the matter and have no further comment at this time,” said Mark Bowman, the president of Caffey Distributing, on Thursday.
