Several media outlets published a video on their social media pages on Monday and Tuesday (August 10-11) depicting a traffic accident, accompanied by the claim that the incident occurred in Skenderaj, Kosovo. (here, here, here, here)
The video description states:
"Accident in Skenderaj, but what caught the attention was the gesture of the two drivers. While waiting for the police, they remained calm and respectful, and even gave each other water. A small gesture that proves that calm, respect and humanity are worth more than any debate. Respect to both!"
What's wrong with this video?
Research through verification of the footage shows that the video was not shot in Skenderaj. It depicts an accident that occurred in Ankara, Turkey.
According to Turkish media reports, after the accident, the two drivers did not engage in an argument, but tried to calm each other down and calmly cope with the shock caused by the accident. The moments were filmed by a person present on a phone and later published in the media. (here)
Although the video actually depicts an accident and a moment of calm and respectful behavior between the two people involved, the location of the incident was incorrectly presented in the description published by the media.
Analyze:
The video is authentic, but its description is inaccurate. The original footage has been re-located, presenting an event that took place in Ankara as an accident in Skenderaj.
So, even though the gesture of the two drivers shown in the video is real, the claim that this event took place in Skenderaj is untrue.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this post as "unverified content".
Reasoning:
The "Unverified" rating is given to those informative contents that do not provide sufficient information to confirm the claims made in the report, and which could not be verified due to certain circumstances (speed, lack of sources) during the publication of the content.