--- title: Police Believe Bird Box Challenge Resulted in Car Crash description: Police say a girl who swerved into an oncoming vehicle before crashing into a light pole was participating in the 'Bird Box Challenge'. canonical: https://time.com/5500905/bird-box-challenge-car-accident/ author: Wilder Davies article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-01-11T20:36:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:56:54.955Z og:title: Police Think This Car Crash Has Bird Box Challenge Ties og:description: A teen crashed into a lamppost og:url: https://time.com/5500905/bird-box-challenge-car-accident/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Police Think This Car Crash Has Bird Box Challenge Ties twitter:description: A teen crashed into a lamppost twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Police Believe This Teen's Car Crash Was Tied to the Bird Box Challenge > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Wilder Davies](https://time.com/author/wilder-davies/)  ## Wilder Davies Jan 11, 2019 8:36 PM UTC  by [Wilder Davies](https://time.com/author/wilder-davies/)  ## Wilder Davies Jan 11, 2019 8:36 PM UTC Police suspect that a recent [viral challenge](http://time.com/5492031/bird-box-challenge/) inspired by the popular Netflix horror movie _Bird Box_ was responsible for a car accident on Monday. Authorities in Layton, Utah say that the 17-year-old girl who swerved into an oncoming vehicle before crashing into a light pole was participating in the ‘Bird Box Challenge’, According to a [local news report](https://www.ksl.com/article/46466208/police-blame-bird-box-challenge-for-crash-in-layton). “Bird Box Challenge while driving…predictable result. This happened on Monday as a result of the driver covering her eyes while driving on Layton Parkway. Luckily no injuries,” police tweeted Friday. > [](https://twitter.com/laytonpolice/status/1083767946814447616) What is the ‘Bird Box Challenge’? It all started with the Netflix’ movie _Bird Box_ in late December. The film, starring Sandra Bullock, is about a supernatural entity that causes people to kill themselves if they look at it. As a result, the main characters have to navigate the world wearing blindfolds in order to avoid their demise. Shortly after the release of the movie, some people started sharing images of them doing various tasks while blindfolded with the hashtag #BirdBoxChallenge. > [](https://twitter.com/THOMAS%5FRE89/status/1077361603518124033) > [](https://twitter.com/sosomyaaa/status/1078167201016922115) Word of the challenge and the obvious dangers it was presenting reached Netflix fast. The company sent out a tweet on Jan. 2, urging people not to participate in the fad. > [](https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1080525103593512962) It would appear that not everyone is heeding the streaming service’s words. Police say the young woman in question had pulled her hat over her eyes while she was driving, which resulted in the crash. 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