Several young people, classified as “influencers”, were traveling at high speed in Rome aboard a Lamborghini, filming themselves to feed their social networks, resulting in a road accident.
The accident occurred on Wednesday when the racing car, a rental Lamborghini in which the five young people from 20 to 23 were traveling, hit a mother and her two children who were traveling in an urban car, media reported on Thursday, June 16. .
One of the passengers in the car, a five-year-old boy, died before reaching the hospital. The 35-year-old mother and her daughter of three were injured but their lives are not in danger.
A group of influencers
The police have opened a manslaughter investigation against the 20-year-old driver, who tested positive for cannabis, according to the Ansa agency. Asked by AFP, the Rome prosecutor’s office did not immediately respond.
Some of the young drivers are part of a group of influencers who post videos of their sporting or recreational activities on social media. They have more than 600,000 subscribers on YouTube, 260,000 on TikTok, and 88,000 on Instagram.
The accident happened when they took on a new challenge of driving at high speed through the Italian capital and spending 50 straight hours in the car.
Witnesses quoted in the media said that they had been seen for a day or two in their neighborhood running at 90-100 km/h, well above the speed limit in the city.
“We can not do anything”
In a video billed as the last one shot by the youths, we see one of them getting into a blue Lamborghini, strutting in front of the camera.
“Help yourself with your Smart that is worth 300 euros used in a supermarket while mine is worth a billion,” he says. The accident and the death of the little boy provoked strong political reactions.
“We can propose and approve a new traffic code (…) improving education, controls and sanctions. But in the face of such stupidity (…), nothing can be done,” said Matteo Salvini, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport.
And on his YouTube channel, netizens also condemned his actions. “Have the decency to close this channel out of respect for the family you destroyed,” one wrote.
Source: BFM TV
