KARACHI:
A youth was killed and two of his friends injured in a car accident while he was recording a video for the popular video sharing platform TikTok in Korangi on Saturday night.
The deceased, identified as Faraz, lost control of the car he was driving due to speed and rammed into a tree. As a result, he and his friends, Ayaz and Ahsan, were injured. They were rushed to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC) for treatment where Faraz succumbed to his injuries.
According to the police, the car was completely damaged in the collision. They added that the statements of the injured could not be recorded before the filing of this report.
The body was handed over to the family after the completion of medico-legal formalities.
This is not the first time that a life has been lost while filming a TikTok video. On June 21, a 17-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed himself while making a video. He filmed himself holding his father’s gun to his temple when he accidentally pulled the trigger.
Karachi teenager who shoots TikTok video ‘accidentally’ kills himself
Meanwhile, a 22-year-old man died in April after being hit by a train while shooting a video at Jumma Goth railway station in Bhens colony.
According to the Landhi Railway police, Kashif had been running on the railway tracks while doing a TikTok challenge when the train hit him, causing critical head injuries. His friends, who were also filming videos, took him to JPMC where he succumbed to his injuries.
