Viral road rage video from Mexico is falsely linked to Delhi - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
January 10, 2024
A post accompanying a video of several cars colliding with each other (road rage) is widely shared across social media platforms with the claim that the video is from Delhi. Through this article let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video shows a road rage incident in Delhi.
Fact: The viral video portraying road rage is from Mexico, not Delhi, and dates back to December 2022. Various news agencies reported on this incident in Mexico, and the Secretary of Security for the State of Mexico also issued a statement about it. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Conducting a reverse image search on Google using keyframes from the viral video led us to several Facebook posts from December 2022 with Spanish captions (here, here & here). One of these posts specified that the incident occurred around 9 pm on Saturday, 03 December 2022, in front of the McDonald’s restaurant, on Crisa Bridge, Tecnológico Toluca (Spanish to English translation).
Taking a cue from this, we geolocated the incident’s exact location on Google Maps. After comparing screenshots from the viral video with the street view image, we can conclude that the incident occurred in Tecnológico Toluca, Mexico. Below is a comparison between the viral video and its corresponding location on Google Maps’ Street View.
Subsequently, we used Spanish keywords to search for news reports regarding the incident, which led us to several news reports regarding this incident (here, here & here). These news reports contained visuals consistent with the viral video and described how the incident happened at the intersection of Tecnológico Avenue and Paseo Tollocan, in the municipality of Metepec, Mexico.
According to news reports, the video went viral on social networks and the Secretary of Security of the State of Mexico (SSEM) spoke out on the matter. We also came across a statement from the verified X handle of the Secretary of Security for the State of Mexico. It provided information on how the individuals involved in the incident were detained for causing property damage and inflicting injuries.
Se atendió la llamada recibida en el número 9-1-1, y luego de que #PolicíasEstatales llegaran al lugar indicado, se detuvo a los posibles implicados por su probable relación en los delitos de daños a los bienes y lesiones. (2/2)
To sum it up, the viral video portraying road rage is from Mexico, not Delhi, and dates back to December 2022.