Four Teenagers Injured When Driver Faints While Trying To Hold Breath

According to police, four teenagers from upstate New York who attempted to hold their breath for the time it took for their vehicle to travel a third of a mile suffered personal injuries when the driver fainted.

Authorities said that three 19-year-old men and a 16-year-old boy were traveling together late on the night of May 24 when they decided they would try to hold their breath as they drove through Garbutt, a rural hamlet in the Rochester, New York area that is just three-tenths of a mile long.

According to Monroe County sheriff’s deputies, the driver, 19-year-old Caledonia, New York resident Bryan Parslow, fainted and the vehicle collided with a boulder.

Police cited Parslow for failure to stay in his lane. He is a paraplegic for whom the vehicle was specially equipped to drive.

All four teens received transport to a hospital and were released after undergoing treatment.