Featured Image Credit: X/dohertyjackk
Topics: Social Media, Viral, YouTube, Cars
Joshua Nair
The YouTuber that crashed his McLaren while live streaming and using his phone has addressed the incident for the first time.
Content creator and YouTuber Jack Doherty went viral for all the wrong reasons over the weekend, as footage showed the 20-year-old speeding down a dual carriageway before crashing and wrecking his $150,000 (£114,000) McLaren supercar.
He was live-streaming on Kick during the crash, and clips of the footage went viral on social media shortly after the crash. Doherty seems to have been driving down the highway in heavy rain while using his phone, though it isn't clear what caused him to lose control.
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In the aftermath, the streamer can be seen in disbelief, screaming 'holy s**t' before turning the camera to his cameraman Michael, who is bleeding from his face, and asking: "Are you okay?"
He then shouts: "Oh my god bro, my whole f**king car bro!"
The McLaren was wedged under the barricade, with parts of the body spread out across the road - though what he does next is what he gets criticised for the most, on top of his phone usage.
He asks his injured friend to keep recording, passing the phone to him, as witnesses confirmed that Doherty was in disbelief over the state of his car, saying: "My f**king car, holy s**t no."
Later updates on his social media accounts confirmed that him and his cameraman were well and not severely injured in the incident, though showed that Michael was getting stitches to his face.
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He also thanked fans for reaching out and checking on him.
People in the comments called for him to get 'jail time' and labelled it 'irresponsible driving', while being baffled that his first reaction after crashing was to keep streaming.
But last night (6 October), just one day after the crash, Doherty posted an update on X.
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He wrote: "Going to post a more detailed response today but it’s been 24 hours since the accident and I just want to say how grateful I am that Michael and I are alive. I’m so sorry Michael for putting you thru that.
"Thank you to all the first responders and everyone who helped us get out of the car. This could’ve been so much worse and it’s a huge learning lesson," he concluded.
It also appears that Doherty's channel on Kick has been banned/removed following the incident, as visiting the page comes with with an error message.
It's also currently unknown where the streamer crashed, though 49 of 50 US states (Montana being the odd one out) have laws against using your phone while at the wheel.
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LADbible group has approached Doherty's representatives and Kick for comment.