Teenagers hurt after driver held breath and fainted

A bizarre game played by four teens ended with a crash on Monday night. Police say everyone in the car was holding their breath, and the driver fainted. It happened on Scottsville Mumford Road at around 9:45 p.m. Monday. Deputies say the driver, 19-year-old Bryan Parslow of Caledonia and three other teenagers were trying to hold their breath during the time it took to drive through the hamlet of Garbutt. Parslow apparently fainted.

Monroe County Sheriff's investigators say the car left the road, struck a tree and then hit a large boulder. All four teenagers were taken to Strong Hospital. Family members say Parslow broke his right leg. His brother, Sean who is 16, suffered a possible broken nose. David Fox, 19 of Lyons has a broken collar bone and ankle and Brian Sinclair, 19 of LeRoy was complaining about his shoulder and pain on his right side.



Investigators say the two teens in the front seat were pinned and had to be extricated. "It's scary to think that kids would play a game like that when they're coming down a road that's 55 miles an hour," said Porter.

Garbutt is a small hamlet about a third of a mile long, but it was too long for the driver, Bryan Parslow. He was ticketed for failing to maintain lane.