TikTok surfing challenge gone wrong leads to David Nagy, Pennsylvania teen killed leaving another with permanent brain damage [VIDEO]

Following two recent tragedies, Pennsylvania authorities are warning people about the hazards of social media challenges.

The instances were independent and involved separate stunts, yet they both occurred in Northampton County, 85 miles west of New York City and 80 miles north of Philadelphia.

Stunts inspired by "TikTok challenges" went horribly wrong, killing a teenager and leaving a young woman with serious brain damage.

Two Pennsylvania teenagers have been charged in connection with separate occurrences that resulted in tragedy, Northampton County District Attorney Stephen Baratta stated during a news conference on Tuesday, ABC News reported.

In the first case, a 17-year-old boy was killed after being thrown from a flipped-over folding table that was being towed by his male friend, also 17.

The driver allegedly “recklessly operated his vehicle at significant speed such that it whipped the rider sitting on the table into another parked vehicle,” resulting in his pal’s death, Baratta said.

The driver was charged with involuntary manslaughter for the deadly June incident that took place in the parking lot of Freedom High School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

TikTok surfing challenge gone wrong leads to David Nagy, Pennsylvania teen killed along with second teen in seperate incident suffering permanent brain damage as prosecutors warn about the dangers of social media challenges.

In a second incident, officials said a 20-year-old woman suffered “catastrophic head injuries” when she fell off the trunk of a moving car while trying to “surf” in a parking lot near William Penn Highway, the D.A. said.

“Unfortunately, the friend was thrown from the moving vehicle and received catastrophic head injuries that will be permanent in nature,” he detailed.

The 19-year-old driver has been charged with aggravated assault, aggravated assault by vehicle, careless driving and persons hanging on a vehicle.

Prosecutors did not identify the defendants or victims in either case.

According to investigators, the friend was ejected from the vehicle and had permanent catastrophic head injuries during the March 18 accident.

Alvarado is charged with aggravated assault and aggravated assault by car in that case.

In all incidents, the teens' deaths were recorded on video with the intention of sharing the social media stunts for social proof and prestige building.

According to FOX29, neither teen has been accused of 'criminogenic thought,' which means they have not planned to harm their peers.

However, Baratta claims they are criminally liable since the occurrences were "grossly negligent and reckless."

‘The families did have a closeness and a trust with these close friends — I mean they knew them very well,’ Baratta said during a press briefing on Wednesday. ‘That’s what’s so heartbreaking in this case.’

Baratta added that neither driver has a criminal record and neither victim’s family is ‘calling out for incarceration.’

As a result, he said his office won’t seek jail time for either of them if they agree to plea deals.

He said the families want to use the cases in the hope that other teens will make better decisions.

‘These families are seeking accountability and hope that these charges will result in deterrence for other youth who may find themselves attracted to the thrill of mimicking dangerous social media challenges that have the potential to injure others,’ the DA said.

The dangerous stunts are not just limited to Pennsylvania. A similar car surfing stunt in Utah left a 15-year-old girl with a severe brain injury last year.

TikTok says videos involving table and car surfing violate the company’s community guidelines and that 99.8% of them are removed proactively, and 92.4% of videos removed for violating the app’s rules are taken down before anyone views them.