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Burned armpit hair causes Idaho car crash

Teen lost control of vehicle after passenger lit his armpit hair

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An SUV full of teens crashed in Idaho after police say one of the passengers lit the driver's armpit hair on fire.

The crash happened at about 5:30 a.m. Sunday.

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According to police, 18-year-old Tristan Myers lost control of the vehicle after a 16-year-old passenger used a lighter to set Myers' armpit hair on fire.

Two girls in the backseat, ages 15 and 16, were thrown from the vehicle.

All five teens in the vehicle were injured and received medical treatment. None were wearing seatbelts, Spokane-basedTV station KREM reported.

Myers was cited for inattentive driving. The lighter-wielding passenger was ticketed   for interfering with the driver's safe operation of a vehicle.


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