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      Video Of A Flying Billboard Injuring Bikers In Karachi Shared As Hyderabad

      BOOM found that the incident occurred in Karachi last week, where torrential rains lashed the city resulting in the billboard to loosen and cause the accident.

      By - Debalina Mukherjee |
      Published -  10 Aug 2020 9:41 PM IST
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      Video Of A Flying Billboard Injuring Bikers In Karachi Shared As Hyderabad

      A video of a freak accident, where a billboard flew off and hit two motorcyclists in Pakistan's Karachi during torrential downpour last week, is doing the rounds as Mehdipatanam in Hyderabad.

      The 19 second long video shows a billboard flying off a wall and falling on the two motorcyclists in the middle of heavy rainfall and gushing winds. Moments later, the riders can be seen lying on the road.

      This video is doing the rounds on Facebook with a caption: ''Mehdipatnam : Due to Heavy Rain a Billboard Falling onto a Motorcyclist''

      The post can be seen here and has been archived here.

      Viral post claiming that a billboard is falling on a motorcyclist in Hyderabad


      Screengrab from video showing a billboard flying and injuring two motorcyclists on a busy road

      Also read: Video Of Men Uprooting Saplings In Pakistan Viral With Islamophobic Claim

      Fact Check

      BOOM broke the video into its key-frames and ran a reverse image search on a few of its frames. We found a news report by The Express Tribune, which stated that two motorcyclists were injured by a billboard near Metropole Hotel in Karachi last week. The report further stated that the sudden accident took place on a rainy day during a busy traffic in Karachi. According to the report, as a measure of precaution, the Karachi commissioner's office has issued a notification ordering the immediate removal of billboards and advertisement hoardings from the streets to avoid loss of human life and property damage.

      According to a news report by Gulf News the advertising billboard loosened and collapsed during heavy rain from a building due to high wind speed. The billboard flew and hit the two motorcyclists who immediately fell on the road halting traffic midway on the busy road.

      Pakistani news website The News wrote on the incident stating that PTI's Sindh Assembly member Shehzad Qureshi has asked the government and Karachi commissioner to take immediate action on the removal of illegal billboards from the city.

      The News article on the accident of a billboard falling on two motorcyclists in Karachi

      Below is Samaa TV's news bulletin on the same.

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      HyderabadFact CheckHyderabad RainsKarachiBillboardMotorcyclistsMotoristsMen InjuredInjuredRainsPakistanTribuneHoardingIndiaFake Newsviral
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      Claim :   Video showing a billboard falling on two motorcyclists due to heavy rain in Mehdipatanam, Hyderabad.
      Claimed By :  Facebook Users
      Fact Check :  False
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