A YouTube star crashed his $200,000 McLaren sports car while livestreaming — and a clip of the incident has gone viral.
During a livestream on the platform Kick on the morning of Saturday, Oct. 5, 20-year-old Jack Doherty was filming himself and a friend he referred to as Michael while driving down a Miami highway in his custom-designed McLaren 570S, per the Daily Mail.
A video of the incident — which has since been removed from Kick — shows Doherty glancing down at his phone while driving as it rains heavily, according to the outlet. He suddenly loses control of the car, and it skids across several lanes before veering into a metal barrier.
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A video shared on Doherty’s X (formerly Twitter) account shows the aftermath of the incident, in which he calls for assistance as some bystanders who seemingly pulled over to help break open the driver’s side window. Doherty continues filming, and can be heard asking one of the people assisting him to hold his camera as he gets out of the car.
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“My f—— car!” Doherty says in the video, before calling out to his passenger, “Are you good?”
The footage shared on X also shows Michael with blood dripping down his face, and another video on Doherty’s account shows the pair sitting in what appears to be a hospital room as a doctor stitches Michael’s face.
More than 185,000 people were viewing Doherty’s Kick stream at the time of crash, the Daily Mail and TMZ reported. In a YouTube video posted on his channel in June 2023, Doherty revealed that the McLaren cost $202,850, and he had since wrapped the car in a custom, blue paint-splattered design.
The content creator’s Kick account was taken down following the incident, and his page now directs to an error message. The streaming platform’s community guidelines state that its users must “prioritize your safety and the safety of those around you by avoiding dangerous [behavior].”
“Prioritize safety for yourself, your audience, the public and anyone else involved,” the guidelines add. “If someone is in danger or needs help, turn your camera away and contact local EMS immediately.”
Neither Kick nor Doherty immediately responded to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
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After Doherty’s video of the aftermath garnered more than 14 million views on X, many of his fellow YouTubers and livestreamers shared posts on the platform criticizing Doherty’s behavior.
“We live in a world where fame is chased harder than compassion,” streamer dakotaz (real name Brett Hoffman) wrote in one post, responding to the clip. “A kid, more concerned with recording and texting, didn’t even check on his friend in the passenger seat — his first thought was his car. This is the illness we face.”
“Your friend’s face is gushing blood but you make sure he stays filming from all angles… nice,” YouTuber Corinna Kopf wrote in another post.
Doherty has previously drawn criticism for similar incidents on his YouTube and Kick accounts. In November 2023, he posted a YouTube video that featured footage of him flipping over a golf cart while his girlfriend was in the passenger seat.
