Buffalo crash kills four teenagers in stolen Kia

JUN 2022

In October 2022 six teenagers were involved in a crash in Buffalo, New York in a stolen Kia Sportage; four of them, aged 14, 16, 17 and 19, were killed. Buffalo police said the occupants were likely participating in the vehicle theft trend circulating on TikTok. The deaths became a central reference point in the municipal litigation that followed against the two manufacturers.