In a Facebook group with English content, the "Travel Scotland Goals Group", a photo was published on April 6 showing a bus over a section of the river, which bears the caption "New footbridge over 'The Water of Leith' in Edinburgh", which in Albanian translates to "New footbridge over 'The Water of Leith' in Edinburgh".
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the photograph shows the Tirana bus, which in 2022 ended up on the Lana River after an accident.
Link to the post published in the "Travel Scotland Goals Group" group by the account named "Dave Neale":
Hibrid.info has managed to find the video material published on the "Vizion Plus TV" television channel on Youtube, dated April 29, 2022, which had reported on this accident. (see here)
After research conducted through online search engines, hibrid.info managed to find the same photo published on April 30, 2022 on the "Durreslajm-al" portal. (here)
The reason for handling this content by hibrid.info is that it was published in a group that has over 260 thousand members, while until the publication of this article, the post has managed to collect over 26 thousand reactions, 2 thousand 300 comments and 3 thousand 500 shares. (see photo below)
Analyze:
The 2022 photo showing a Tirana bus in an accident in the Lana River was published in a foreign group with the claim that the event occurred in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this content as "Unverified Content".
Reasoning:
The “Unverified” rating is given to those media reports that do not provide sufficient information to confirm the claims made in the report, and which have not been able to confirm the same due to the lack or non-possession of reliable sources.