Teens charged after TikTok stunts kill friend, leave another with permanent injuries
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Two Pennsylvania teens are facing charges after prosecutors said they drove their friends on dangerous TikTok-inspired stunts, killing one and causing what are expected to be lifelong injuries to another.

The incidents were unrelated to one another and involved different stunts, but both happened in Northampton County, 85 miles west of New York City and 80 miles north of Philadelphia.

In one case, a 17-year-old died on June 1 while riding on top of a folding table tied to the back of his friend’s car, according to Northampton County District Attorney Stephen Baratta. Prosecutors said the friend recklessly drove too fast and “whipped the rider sitting on the table into another parked vehicle, resulting in [his] death,” Baratta’s office said in a statement.

an aerial image shows police searching the parking lot after a car stunt left a teen dead

Aerial images show police investigating in a Pennsylvania parking lot after a deadly stunt involving teenagers allegedly mimicking a TikTok challenge called table surfing. (FOX 29 Philadelphia)

Baratta added that neither driver has a criminal record and neither victim’s family is “calling out for incarceration.” As a result, he said his office won’t seek jail time for either of them if they agree to plea deals.

He said the families want to use the cases in the hope that other teens will make better decisions.

“These families are seeking accountability and hope that these charges will result in deterrence for other youth who may find themselves attracted to the thrill of mimicking dangerous social media challenges that have the potential to injure others,” his statement said.

The dangerous stunts are not just limited to Pennsylvania. A similar car surfing stunt in Utah left a 15-year-old girl with a severe brain injury last year. 

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