{"id":49184,"date":"2019-10-19T19:22:30","date_gmt":"2019-10-19T13:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=49184"},"modified":"2019-10-19T19:22:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-19T13:52:30","slug":"video-of-biker-knocked-by-speeding-car-in-brazil-shared-as-bengaluru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-of-biker-knocked-by-speeding-car-in-brazil-shared-as-bengaluru\/","title":{"rendered":"Video of biker knocked by speeding car in Brazil shared as Bengaluru"},"content":{"rendered":"

A video of a biker who while performing a stunt was knocked down by a speeding car on the road has been shared with the claim that the accident happened in Karnataka’s Bengaluru. In the video which seems to be filmed by a fellow rider, the biker can be seen performing a wheelie which is a stunt where the front wheel of a bike is lifted in the air and the vehicle is ridden on the rear wheel.<\/p>\n

Twitter handle @Selvachn<\/em><\/a> posted the video with the message, “Bangalore Electronic city flyover..”.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bangalore Electronic city flyover.. pic.twitter.com\/WLhN8QWGtS<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 SG (@selvachn) October 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Several other individuals on Facebook<\/a> have shared the video with an identical claim.<\/p>\n

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Fact-check<\/h2>\n

Alt News performed a Google search with keywords, “biker wheelie car hits”<\/em>, and found<\/a> a post wherein a user claimed that the incident took place in Brazil.<\/p>\n

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Subsequently, we found an article published by a website called ViralTab<\/em><\/a>. According to this article, the incident took place on the Santos Dumont (SP-075) motorway in the city of Campinas located in the southern Brazilian state of Sao Paulo.<\/p>\n

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Jovem empina moto e \u00e9 atingido por carro em alta velocidade na rodovia; v\u00eddeo \u00e9 impressionante<\/p>\n

Motociclista fazia manobras na Rodovia Santos Dumont, em Campinas, quando foi atropelado por ve\u00edculo. https:\/\/t.co\/HPtJ4u2s01<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/diAWuVaC49<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Di\u00e1rio da CPTM (@DiariodaCPTM) July 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Brazilian newspaper Correio<\/em><\/a> reported that the 19-year-old boy had survived the ‘spectacular’ accident on July 20, 2019. The boy was rushed to UPA S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9. “According to the Civil Police, the driver stopped for help,”<\/em> reported Brazilian news portal G1<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n