The YouTubers collective The
Borderline whose members were involved in a fatal car crash in
Rome last Wednesday in which a young boy was killed has shut
down.
The YouTubers are thought to have been filming a video for a
social challenge when their car, a rented Lamborghini SUV driven
by 20-year-old Matteo Di Pietro, one of the group's founders,
crashed into the Smart driven by the boy's mother in the Casal
Palocco neighbourhood south of the capital.
Manuel, 5, died in the collision and his mother and younger
sister were badly injured.
"TheBorderline expresses to the family the utmost, sincere and
deepest sorrow," wrote the collective in a message published on
Sunday as its last video on the YouTube channel that had 600,000
subscribers.
"The idea of TheBorderline was to offer young people
entertainment in a healthy spirit. The tragedy that has occurred
is so deep that it makes it morally impossible for us to
continue on this path. Therefore, TheBorderline is to cease all
activities with this last message. Our thoughts are only with
Manuel," concluded the message.
Di Pietro has been placed under investigation for vehicular
homicide and injury.
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