Utah teen critically injured after attempting viral trend of ‘couch surfing’

PROVO, Utah (KSL) — A Provo teenager suffered life-threatening injuries while attempting to film a social media video involving a dangerous activity known as “couch surfing.”

Levi Teemant, a student at Timpview High School, spent his 16th birthday in a medically induced coma at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City.

“It’s so hard to see my sweet, sweet boy like this,” Amy Teemant, Levi’s mother, said. “He has been in an induced coma and on paralytic drugs to keep him paralyzed. I didn’t see him blink or move a muscle for more than 12 days.”…

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