4 youngsters in Buffalo died in a automobile crash that authorities imagine could also be linked to a disturbing new TikTok problem.
The deadly victims and a surviving teen had been using in a stolen Kia pushed by their 16-year-old buddy when the dashing automobile crashed Monday morning, ejecting all 5 passengers.
4 of the passengers, ranging in age from 14 to 17, had been killed, police mentioned. The motive force was handled at a hospital and launched and the lone surviving passenger was hospitalized in intensive care.
The youngsters could have gotten the thought to steal the automobile from a TikTok problem that encourages folks to interrupt into Kia and Hyundai automobiles with cellphone chargers, Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia instructed reporters Monday.
The so-called “Kia problem,” reveals TikTok viewers methods to hotwire the 2 makes of automobiles with a USB twine and a screwdriver and dares them to take part within the criminality.
Police departments throughout the nation have reported a rise in thefts of Kia and Hyundai automobiles because the first video was posted over the summer season.
A category-action lawsuit was filed final month in Orange County, California alleging that Kias constructed between 2011 and 2021 and Hyundais constructed between 2015 and 2021 lack anti-theft equipment known as engine immobilizers which makes them simpler targets of theft.
The Kia concerned within the lethal crash Monday morning had been reported stolen the night time earlier than.
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