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TikTok horro as teenager breaks her neck in sick viral challenge craze
A teenager broke her neck while she was attempting a TikTok challenge that had gone viral at the time, it was reported.
Eighteen-year old Sarah Platt said it was “peer pressure” that convinced her to take part in this trend, that sent her to the hospital with multiple injuries two years ago when she was still 16.
On the day of the accident, she was with her friends at a hockey tournament, and her pals teased her, daring her to try a challenge called the “scull breaker”, the Mirror reported.
In similar videos uploaded on the social media platform, three children or teenagers can be seen standing next to one another.
The person in the middle jumps up in the air as the other two kick both their legs, forcing them to fall to the ground, landing on their head.
Sarah was rushed to the hospital with three broken bones, no feeling in her right leg, and her T5 vertebrae.
The young girl said: “It was just a trend that was around at the time. We thought making the TikTok would be fun and funny but I didn’t really want to take part because I just didn’t want to get hurt. But it was a little bit of peer pressure.
“I want to try and make people more aware not to do it, because it could end in someone getting hurt.”
Today, she is thankfully able to stand and walk on her feet, but still suffers implications from the accident.
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The terrifying challenge had caused a stir in 2020 when it was trending.
TikTok had, at the time, announced it would remove such content, and published a statement about it.
"We do not allow content that encourages or replicates dangerous challenges that might lead to injury. The statement read. "In fact, it's a violation of our community guidelines and we will continue to remove this type of content from our platform.
"Nobody wants their friends or family to get hurt filming a video or trying a stunt," it said adding that "It's not funny - and since we remove that sort of content, it certainly won't make you TikTok famous."
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