A tragic accident in Rome has left an entire community in shock. Manuel Proietti, a boy just five years old, lost his life when the car in which he was traveling with his mother and sister was hit by a Lamborghini Urus that was traveling at excessive speed. Although the news was already tragic, the discovery of the culprits has sparked the ire of the internet. As they comment from the Daily Mail, those responsible would be a couple of YouTubers known for viral challenges.
The Roman authorities have already arrested the occupants of the jeep. They are five young men who, according to comments, are part of a YouTube channel under the name of TheBorderline. There, they are in charge of organizing challenges on-line through voting, as well as offering cash prizes.
Unfortunately, research has shown that Young YouTubers They were doing a challenge for their channel when the accident happened. This consisted of spending more than fifty hours in a row in the car. In addition, the aforementioned medium points out that part of the entertainment consisted of driving at high speeds while making fun of other drivers.
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Two hours before the accident, Vito Loiacono, who was also a passenger in the Lamborghini, uploaded a video to TikTok making fun of the other drivers on the road. “This woman in the smart car, what is she doing? Hello, love, your car costs 300 euros used from Concad (Italian retail store). Mine costs a billion, it is worth as much as Amazon,” Loiacono comments in the video from the supercar interior.
Hours later, Loiacono would join Di Pietro and three other YouTubers to perform a stunt in the Lamborghini. It was at this moment that they hit Elena Uccello’s carkilling his five-year-old son, Manuel Proietti, and wounding his four-year-old sister.
At the time of the accident, it was YouTuber Matteo Di Pietro, 20, who was behind the wheel.. After the collision with the Smart ForFour vehicle of the affected family, Manuel Proietti was transferred to a hospital in the city of Ostia together with his four-year-old sister and his mother. On her part, the 29-year-old woman was returning from picking up both children from daycare before the accident occurred.
At the moment, The Rome prosecutor’s office is investigating Di Pietro for homicide and aggravated injuries, results of the traffic accident. Likewise, the police are inquiring to reveal who was recording the stunts inside the supercar at the time of the incident.