This video has circulated in media reports about a collision in Russia

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Published on July 8, 2020 at 05:45
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By AFP India

A video has been viewed thousands of times in multiple Facebook, Twitter and YouTube posts which claim it shows a traffic accident in the south Indian city of Mysore. The claim is false; this video has circulated in reports about a fatal truck crash in west Russia.

The 25-second video was shared here on Facebook on June 28, 2020.

Screenshot of misleading Facebook post

The video caption states: “This Is In Mysore Road..Near Kengeri, Just Now Recorded.

Kangeri is a suburb located on the western corridor along Mysore Road in Bangalore or Bengaluru, the capital city of south Indian state of Karnataka.

The video was also shared here, here, here and here on Facebook, here and here on Twitter and here on YouTube, alongside an identical claim.

The claim, however, is false.

A combined reverse image and keyword search found the same video published here on Ruptly’s official YouTube account.

The headline reads: “*DISTRESSING CONTENT* Russia: Fatal truck crash caught on CCTV in Chelyabinsk”.

Chelyabinsk is a city in west Russia.

The 25-second video in the misleading posts can be seen from the 20-second mark of the Ruptly video.

Below is a screenshot comparison between the video in the misleading Facebook post (L) and the Ruptly video (R):

Image comparing screenshots

The video description reads: “Two people were killed and seven injured after a truck ran into five vehicles on the M-5 highway.”

The video was also published here in a report by the Turkish television channel TGRT Haber website on June 17, 2020 alongside the same claim.

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