4 NY teens hurt when driver holds breath, faints

[Suzanne]

WHEATLAND, NY (AP) - Police say four upstate New York teenagers who tried to hold their breath for the time it took their car to go a third of a mile were hurt when the driver fainted.

Authorities say three 19-year-old men and a 16-year-old boy were traveling together late Monday night when they decided to try to hold their breath while riding through Garbutt, a rural Rochester-area hamlet that's just three-tenths of a mile long.

Monroe County sheriff's deputies say 19-year-old Bryan Parslow of Caledonia fainted while driving and his car hit a boulder.

Parslow was ticketed for failing to stay in his lane. He's a paraplegic for whom the car was specially equipped to drive.

All four teens were treated at a hospital and released.

[bluejeangirl76]

Natural selection.

[Don]

They can't even manage to qualify for a Darwin Award, lame.

[Suzanne]

They can't even manage to qualify for a Darwin Award, lame.

[jaxmanjoe]

Ahh...to be young and stupid. I did a lot of crazy things as a kid but never thought of this one. I wonder why they decided on 1/3 of a mile and not 1/2 or a whole mile.

Sounds pretty pathetic passing out before reaching 1/3 of a mile unless they were traveling at 5 MPH or something.

They could grow out of the stupidity but they shouldn't hold their breath.

[Michigan Girl]

Ahh...to be young and stupid. I did a lot of crazy things as a kid but never thought of this one. I wonder why they decided on 1/3 of a mile and not 1/2 or a whole mile.

Sounds pretty pathetic passing out before reaching 1/3 of a mile unless they were traveling at 5 MPH or something.

They could grow out of the stupidity but they shouldn't hold their breath.

lol ...

[The Sushi Hunter]

I almost did that once while holding a high note to one of Journey's songs while I was singing and driving.