NBC News is reporting that a 16-year-old riding what appears to be a dirt bike, ran a red light and collided with the right rear of a car making a left turn. What happens next in the video is pretty wild. A giant fire ball erupts and the rider is engulfed in the flames. He stumbles out of the flames, on fire, and is helped by another rider. The article states the rider suffered a broken ankle.
I have to believe that NBC News has fact checkers reviewing the video footage before they broadcast it. Still, I have trouble believing that AI wasn’t used to enhance what really happened. The rider jumping out of the flames would have to suffer more than a broken ankle (like major burns) and it is strange how the “dash cam” video is edited so tightly.
For the sake of the kid, I hope this was AI generated and NBC was duped.