Is a video showing billboards falling on a vehicle happening in Cambodia?
While parts of Cambodia are experiencing heavy rain and strong winds, a video clip showing the collapse of a billboard was posted on social media, claiming that this case occurred in Svay Rieng province. The video above has been redistributed several times and contains various expressions and reactions as well. However, we found that this video was posted with false information.
This is about our investigation of this claim.
Social Media Claim
A video clip showing a billboard crashing into a car on the street has been posted on social media claiming that this incident happened in Svay Rieng province, Cambodia. Video clips with this kind of writing have been re-shared several times, along with a variety of comments and reactions from Khmer-speaking social media users.
Below is the full video clip posted on social media with the caption “Billboards in Svay Rieng, how do you feel when you see such a horrible video”.
Attached photos with such claims have been posted and found on Facebook in recent days. See the full content via the link here (archived link), another link here (archived link), and another link here (archived link).
Fact Check
Fact Crescendo Cambodia reviewed and verified the above claim through the Google Reverse Image Search, which brings the following facts:
We found several identical video clips showing the collapse of one of the billboards above and posted them on many websites and newspapers.
A video showing a billboard crashing into a vehicle on the road was found and posted on La FM, which is a Colombian local radio website, on July 19, 2023. Below is an image from the website above written in Spanish and translated into English via Google Translate, which translates as "a spectacular view of the collapse of billboards in Quindio, Colombia, on July 19, without causing any casualties".
The same incident was also reported by the Blu Radio news website in recent days. The same website confirmed that the incident occurred in Quindio, Colombia, due to strong winds. This has shown that the above-mentioned claims are false.
Blu Radio Link | Archived Link
The following is a video report from Colombian national television channel Canal 1 on July 22, 2023. The above report confirmed that the incident took place in Quindio, Colombia.
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You may find the details of this fact-check in Khmer language here as well.
Conclusion
Fact Crescendo Cambodia has found that the above-mentioned claims are false. This video clip shows the collapse of a billboard in Quindio, Colombia, on July 19, 2023.
Title:Is a video showing billboards falling on a vehicle happening in Cambodia?
Written By: Kakada SimResult: False
