The inspiration behind stealing the car appeared to have come from a new TikTok challenge which encourages youngsters to break into Hyundai and Kia cars with their phone charges, Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said
One of the victims of the horror crash that killed four teens has been identified as a 14-year-old mum with police fearing a TikTok trend could have led to the tragedy.
Six teenagers, aged between 14 to 19, were travelling in a stolen Kia on Monday morning in Buffalo, New York state, when their car crashed at around 6.30am.
The victims have been named as Marcus Webster, 19; Swazine Swindle, 17; Kevin Payne, 16; and mum-of-one Ahjanae Harper.
Ahjanae died less than a week before her fifteenth birthday.