Contaminated beer lines: One dead after ingesting 'unknown cleaner' in Winston-Salem bar

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.

The owner of Burke Street Pub told WXII that a cleaner that was not recognizable by sight or smell was left in the beer lines. Sebastian and the others then drank beer that came through those contaminated lines and got sick almost immediately.

In a call to 911, someone from the bar said, "We believe that the beer line cleaners left a poisonous cleaner in one of the lines. I have three customers that have ingested it. Two are already on the way to the hospital. One is still here, violently ill. Please send an ambulance."

The cleaning company, Caffey Distributing, has said they are investigating how the cleaner was left behind.

The pub owner told WXII that all lines have been re-serviced since the incident.