According to report, an Italian YouTuber driving a rented Lamborghini SUV as part of a social media stunt crashed into a Smart car in Rome, killing a five-year-old boy and injuring his mother and four-year-old sister.

The 20 year old YouTuber, Matteo Di Pietro, was allegedly driving the blue Lamborghini Urus with four other YouTubers as passengers when he crashed head-on with the family’s Smart Farfour at around 4pm on Wednesday, June 14.

Manuel Proietti, five, was rushed to a hospital in Ostia alongside his mother and sister, but the little boy died shortly afterwards. 

The deceased’s mother Elena Uccello, 29, is still being treated in hospital due to the injuries while his four-year-old sister, who has not been named, was released under the care of her paternal grandparents. 

Meanwhile, Locals claim the YouTubers in the SUV had tried to overtake a car at a high speed while taunting other drivers as part of a social media stunt before crashing head-on with the family's smart car after Elena had picked up her children from kindergarten.

The vehicles involved in the incident were seized at the scene of the incident Investigations revealed that the Lamborghini had been leased.

The investigators are now analyzing some videos captured immediately after the fatal accident to verify who made them, whether the boy who was driving or one of the companions who was present in the car at the time of the crash.

The assumption that they were making a video for social media is also strengthened by what was told by the residents who had already spotted the SUV yesterday with the boys shooting some videos inside.

Moreover, some witnesses recognized the youtubers who, according to what is learned, reside precisely in the Casal Palocco area, where the clash took place.