A famous American YouTuber and streamer wrote off his $300,000 luxury car as he was in the middle of a livestream.
Jack Doherty, 20, totalled his custom McLaren supercar while driving in the rain along a Miami highway on Saturday.
Doherty was reportedly livestreaming the ride when the crash occurred, which saw him lose control of the car and smash into a guard rail.
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Since-deleted footage showed Doherty yelling “no, no no!” as the car crashed into a rail on the side of the road, according to multiple reports, as well as the aftermath of the incident.
Another video showed the streamer yelling for help after being stuck in the wreckage.
A second man, who was filming Doherty during the crash, was also in the car.
Both survived the crash with only a few scrapes.
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Doherty has since uploaded footage of the wreckage to his social media channels with the caption: “Crashed my McLaren… glad we’re both OK”.
“I did not think this was going to be happening today, guys my McLaren is totalled a couple days before my 21st birthday,” Doherty said.
“We could have went off that cliff… we would have been dead. We’re so happy to be alive right now.”
After Doherty shared clips of his near-death experience, some viewers accused the streamer of using his phone while driving shortly before the crash.
Doherty has not responded to these claims.
The young YouTuber had purchased the McLaren in 2023 for close to $300,000.
Shortly after the crash, Doherty’s profile on streaming platform Kick appears to have been taken down.
A spokesperson for Kick told NBC News it “does not condone illegal activity, which is why we swiftly took action to ban this creator from the platform.”
Doherty has 14.9 million subscribers on YouTube and three million followers on Instagram.
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