YouTuber Filming 'Spending 50 Hours in a Car' Involved in Fatal Accident

5-Year-Old Boy Dies in Italy, Mother and Daughter Injured
Investigation Reveals Suspect Tested Positive for Marijuana

In Italy, an accident occurred where YouTubers filming a 'challenge' of driving for 50 hours hit and killed a 5-year-old child.

According to foreign media including The Guardian and Daily Mail on the 16th (local time), at around 3:45 PM on the 14th, a luxury sports car driven by YouTubers collided with a passenger car driving in the opposite direction in the Casal Palocco area of Rome. As a result of the accident, a 5-year-old boy died, and the victim's mother and a 3-year-old girl were injured.

The perpetrators were YouTubers running the channel 'Theborderline,' which has about 600,000 subscribers. They had rented a Lamborghini and were taking turns driving while filming content for the 'Spending 50 hours in a car' challenge.

Theborderline is a team of four members: Matteo Di Pietro, Vito Loiacono, Giulia Gianandrea, and Marco Ciaparroni. They were mainly producing experimental and challenge content inspired by the famous YouTuber MR.Beast.

The police believe the accident happened because they were focused on filming content and are investigating who was driving at the time of the accident.

The most likely suspect currently is Matteo Di Pietro, who tested positive for cannabinoids, the main component of marijuana, according to the police investigation. In addition, investigations are being conducted on the other three members who were filming the content together with Pietro.

Passenger Loiacono posted on his social networking service (SNS) Instagram that day, saying, "The trauma I am experiencing is indescribable. I have never driven, and I am very close to the victim's family."

Overseas netizens responded critically toward them, saying things like "Take responsibility for what you have done," and "You took a child's life. Delete your account."

Previously, in August last year, they posted similar content called 'Spending 50 hours in a Tesla.' The video showed them managing meals and sleep inside the car for 50 hours.

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