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Blindfolded Utah Teen Crashes Car Doing The ‘Bird Box’ Challenge
By Carla Herreria
The Layton City Police Department summed up the movie-inspired challenge in two words: “Predictable result.”
A blindfolded teenage driver in Utah crashed into another car for obvious rea- sons on Monday, accord-
ing to the Layton Police Department.
“Bird Box Challenge while driving...pre- dictable result,” the police tweet- ed on Friday, along with a photo of two mangled cars on Layton Parkway sur- rounded by snow-covered sidewalks.
One truck
appears to have its passenger- side bumper bent inward, while the entire driver’s side of a Honda HR-V is smashed. The side airbags of the HR-V appear to be deployed. “Luckily no injuries,” police wrote.
Layton Police spokesman Lt. Travis
Lyman told CBS
News that a 17- year-old girl was driving with a 16-year-old pas- senger at the time of the crash.
The “Bird Box” challenge, which has gone viral on social media, is inspired by the Netflix
movie “Bird Box,” starring Sandra Bullock. In the movie, characters have to move about
the outside world wearing blindfolds to avoid looking at an unseen mon- ster that forces people to kill themselves.
In the viral chal- lenge, partici- pants attempt to do ordinary things while blindfolded, which, again, is dangerous for obvious rea- sons.
Earlier this month, Netflix warned its view- ers against the “Bird Box” chal- lenge.
“Can’t believe I have to say this, but: PLEASE DO NOT HURT YOURSELVES WITH THIS BIRD BOX CHALLENGE,” the company
tweeted on Jan. 2.
Law enforce- ment in Colorado pre- dicted last week that someone might attempt the “Bird Box” challenge while driving and also warned people against it.
The challenge “really hasn’t been that dan- gerous, but inevitably some- body’s going to do the monu- mentally stupid thing that is driv- ing while blind- folded,” a Colorado State Patrol officer said in a video message. “We shouldn’t have to say this, but we’re gonna: Don’t drive blindfolded.”
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