A teenage mother was among four people killed while attempting a TikTok “Kia challenge” in Buffalo, NY on Monday morning.
Ahjanae Harper, 14, Marcus Webster, 19, Swazine Swindle, 17, and Kevin Payne, 16, and two other teens went for a joyride in a stolen Kia.
The driver lost control and the car flipped, ejecting all of the passengers, WGRZ reported Tuesday.
The TikTok Kia challenge involves stealing Kias and Hyundais using a USB cable to hotwire the cars.
That Kia challenge, just natural selection at work. https://t.co/GH4nShNiId
— Tenko (@The_Kisululu) October 27, 2022
A fifth passenger, a 14-year-old girl, was treated and released from a hospital.
The 16-year-old driver survived the crash and has been charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle and criminal possession of stolen property. He is due back in court in November, according to the NY Post.
In a video shared on Twitter, a neighbor said Ahjanae Harper was “a young mother,” who recently welcomed a baby.
“She definitely spent a lot of time with her daughter,” the man said.
Harper would have celebrated her 15th birthday on Nov. 1. Her family launched a GoFundMe with a goal of $15,000 for burial costs.
4 teens killed in a car crash while attempting the viral TikTok #KiaChallenge
pic.twitter.com/Q0DWIuObYq— GIDI (@Gidi_Traffic) October 27, 2022
