TikToker Dominykas Zeglaitis, often called DurteDom on social media, backtracked on statements he made earlier this week that claimed he was the motive force of the 2018 Tesla Mannequin S rental automobile that launched over the Baxter Avenue and Alvarado Avenue intersection in Los Angeles final weekend crashing into two automobiles within the course of.

Posting a video as DOMINYKAS on YouTube, he defined that he wasn't on the occasion, as corroborating witness instructed The Drive, and that he noticed the footage like everybody else. Zeglaitis used "film magic" to chop the movies to seem like he was within the driver's seat.

The stunt happened on March 20 and in response to earlier reporting was hosted by YouTube persona Alex Choi. Choi additionally posted the video on his channel. He stated the stunt occurred as a result of a fan wished to indicate him the spot of an earlier YouTube soar.

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Zeglaitis is understood to personal a white Tesla. The video contains a black Tesla flying a number of ft within the air over the hill, crashing down and hitting trash cans and parked vehicles. Regardless of the pace and distance traveled of the automobile doing the stunt, and its location in a residential neighborhood, nobody was harm.

In Zeglaitis' video, he notes that it was simple to chop a number of clips collectively to idiot the general public, but in addition stated that he desires to assist Jordan Hook, Baxter Avenue house owner who had his Subaru smashed after the Tesla landed and crashed.

Zeglaitis linked to Hook's GoFundMe web page, which has now reached its objective of elevating $20,000.

Hook posted his personal video, which has now been made personal, explaining the scenario from his viewpoint.

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"I used to be woke up final night time by a fairly loud crash," Hook stated in his video. "They got here down right here and hit my automobile fairly badly and regardless of what they are saying on-line, the again is not tousled, however they jacked up my entrance tires and my steering column is all tousled, my suspensions all blown, so the automobile is completed."

The title of the true driver stays unknown to the general public. Amazingly, nobody was harm. However the Los Angeles Police Division is presently on the lookout for the motive force, in addition to anybody with extra data.

Newsweek contacted the Los Angeles Police Division - Northeast however they'd nothing so as to add on the time of publication.