A shocking video of a Nigerian Twitch creator, Shank Comics, has swept the social media, plunging the audience into a tense situation barely real. In the video, the streamer is shown behind the wheel driving at a high speed with the livestream on but then he loses control and hits a road obstacle. Another moment the screen becomes black. On the reappearance of the visuals, smoke covers the screen, leaving the audience shocked and wondering how things had gone such notch higher.
What is more scary about the video is that it was so close to being a tragedy. One such person, who happened to be in the line of the fast moving car, was lucky to escape without getting injured. That reaction of one second could have helped to avoid much more serious result. The clip did not simply go viral as it was spreading across platforms. It sparked a frenzy of outrage, worry and somber discourse concerning the role of influencers in real time who film risky acts.
