14-year-old boy’s eye socket crushed in viral internet challenge

The mother of a teenage boy left with a crushed eye socket after taking part in the so-called duct tape challenge has said he is lucky to be alive.

Skylar Fish, aged 14, was taking part in the latest viral internet sensation with friends when tragedy struck.

The challenge, which has been spreading since people began sharing videos on YouTube of themselves and friends taking part, sees a participant wrapped in duct tape, often while tied to a chair.

They are then timed by pals who record how quickly they can break themselves free.

However, when Skylar, from Washington, took part, he fell into a window and crushed his left eye socket.

Sarah Fish, the teenager’s mother, said: “It crushed his whole eye socket and pinched off nerves in his eye.

"I want people to stop and think that there are so many risks to any of these challenges. They’re dangerous”

Skylar is still suffering from a bleed on his brain.