A man livestreamed himself traveling at more than 100 mph weaving around traffic before colliding with the back of a garbage truck and abruptly ending the live video.
Onasi Olio-Rojas, 20, who crashed into the garbage truck Wednesday while broadcasting on Facebook Live, was driving with a suspended license, state police said.
Police confirmed that the Facebook video of Rojas is authentic and have asked the social media giant for a copy of it to use as evidence.
"He has his camera in his right hand, videotaping himself as he's driving, has no seat belt on, he starts to hit speeds of 90 miles an hour, which increases to 100 miles an hour, then you see several erratic lane changes where he goes from the high-speed lane to the low-speed lane, into the breakdown lane, in and out of traffic," Providence police Capt. John Allen told WPRI.
Rojas has previously been cited for traffic infractions including texting while driving, Allen said.
Rojas is hospitalized in good condition, according to the Providence Journal.
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