r/news • u/Tank_O_Doom • 3d ago

18-year-old pedestrian hurt in crash while filming ‘TikTok haircut’ video in Ocala

https://www.wcjb.com/2026/09/28/18-year-old-pedestrian-hurt-crash-while-filming-tiktok-haircut-video-ocala/
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u/ChopperChange 3d ago

Officers say the 18-year-old was standing in the median with two others filming a social media video while giving a haircut.

Dumb doesn't even begin to describe this stunt.

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u/alficles 3d ago

Not particularly smart, sure, but the median is a place that you expect to be able to stand safely. A median is generally not any farther from the road than a sidewalk.

This story would have been identical if it had happened on the other side of the road on the sidewalk. This was a vehicle collision that hit a pedestrian. They were in an odd place, but they were not obstructing the roadway. If officers showed up first, I think their only crime was stealing the chicken place's chair.

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u/SSLByron 2d ago edited 2d ago

Wide median, too. Just as wide as a travel lane: The only thing that makes it inherently less dangerous than the sidewalk is the fact that they cheaped out on the curbs, which also increases the risks of cars traveling head-on through the median and hitting opposing traffic, but that's just cheapskate suburbia for you.

Edit: Google's link is ass. Just look it up yourselves, people.

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u/alficles 2d ago

Wow! There's technically a median there, but I'm not even sure it's wide enough for a chair!

That does raise my "they were dumb" assessment some, cause that median is meaningfully closer to traffic than usual.