A 19-year-old man brought on a 3-auto crash when he fainted whilst holding his breath as he drove via a tunnel northwest of Portland, Oregon State Police stated.
Daniel J. Calhon, of Snohomish, Washington, told investigators he fainted Sunday afternoon even though holding his breath in the Highway 26 tunnel near the community of Manning, according to a news release. His car, a 1990 Toyota Camry, drifted across the centerline and crashed head-on with a Ford Explorer.
Each autos struck the tunnel walls before a pickup hit the Camry.
Calhon and his passenger, 19-year-old Bradley Meyring, of Edmonds, Washington, suffered non-life-threatening injuries, as did the 2 men and women in the Explorer: Thomas Hatch Jr., 67, and Candace Hatch, 61, from Astoria. All 4 had been taken to hospitals.
The 2 people in the pickup have been not hurt.
Calhon was cited for reckless driving, 3 counts of reckless endangerment and 4th-degree assault in Washington County Circuit Court. It was not clear if he had a lawyer.
State Police Lt. Gregg Hastings said Monday he’s not positive why Calhon was holding his breath, but some individuals hold their breaths in tunnels as portion of a game or superstition.
The tunnel, named the Dennis L. Edwards Tunnel, was completed in 1940 and carries the highway by way of the Northern Oregon Coast Range mountains. It is 772 feet long, meaning that a car traveling at the posted speed limit of 55 mph would get by means of it in about 10 seconds.
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Oregon Crashed Brought on by Man Holding Breath Tunnel
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