Teenager holds breath driving in tunnel, faints causing three car pileup

Luckily, no one was seriously injured.

One of the cars involved in the crash. None of the passengers were seriously injured

We’ve all played that game. You’re in a car that’s going through a tunnel and everyone tries to hold their breath until you make it to the other side.

Harmless fun, right? Not if you’re the driver, it seems.

A 19-year-old learned this the hard way when he fainted while holding his breath as he drove through a tunnel, causing a three-car crash. Four people were injured though, thankfully, none of them seriously.

Daniel J. Calhon lost conciousness driving through a tunnel close to Portland, Oregon on Sunday. His car drifted across the road before colliding with an oncoming SUV. Both cars crashed into the tunnel walls and a pick-up truck then hit Calhon’s car.

Calhon was cited for reckless driving and reckess endangerment. The Oregon State Police were less than impressed with the incident.

Info @ Sunday's Injury Crash Hwy 26 Tunnel west of Manning http://t.co/fhuef1ljlN. Don't play games on our roads. Travel safe!

— Oregon State Police (@ORStatePolice) May 26, 2014

Let’s keep the holding-your-breath-through-the-tunnel game for passengers only from now on, folks.