{"id":61019,"date":"2025-01-28T19:16:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T19:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/tiktoker-dies-in-tragic-car-crash-days-after-viral-video-about-never-being-in-accident-dexerto\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T19:16:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T19:16:24","slug":"tiktoker-dies-in-tragic-car-crash-days-after-viral-video-about-never-being-in-accident-dexerto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/tiktoker-dies-in-tragic-car-crash-days-after-viral-video-about-never-being-in-accident-dexerto\/","title":{"rendered":"TikToker dies in tragic car crash days after viral video about never being in accident &#8211; Dexerto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TikToker dies in tragic car crash days after viral video about never being in accident TikTok: kara_santorelli13TikTok influencer Kara Santorelli is going viral after her death, with viewers flooding one of her videos where she claimed she\u2019d never been in an auto accident. A TikToker has tragically lost her life in a fatal car crash \u2014 and she\u2019s going viral posthumously. 18-year-old Kara Santorelli died on March 17 when an oncoming vehicle began driving on the wrong side of the road on Highway 29 in Escambia County, Florida. The car, a Chevrolet sedan, hit Santorelli\u2019s vehicle head-on, according to a statement from the Florida Highway Patrol. Santorelli died on impact, while the other driver succumbed to their injuries after being trapped in their car. Kara Santorelli goes viral on TikTok days after fatal car crash Santorelli\u2019s death has caused shockwaves on social media \u2014 but one particular video of hers is racking up millions of views after news of her passing shook her TikTok followers. The video in question shows Santorelli sitting in her car with the caption, \u201cWhen they try to call me a bad driver, but I\u2019ve never hit a person or an actual car.\u201d Since Santorelli\u2019s death, the five-second clip has garnered over 15 million views and counting\u2026 and the comments section is widely mixed. Some users are remarking on the horrible timing of her video being pushed to their For You Pages amidst the news, while others are making less savory comments about her passing \u2014 while still others are offering their condolences to the TikToker\u2019s family and friends. \u201cThis was terribly timed. Oh my god, rest in peace,\u201d one user wrote. \u201cAll the \u2018this didn\u2019t age well\u2019 comments are so inappropriate,\u201d another said. \u201cSomeone going the wrong way went into her.\u201d \u201cFirst time I\u2019m seeing her, and y\u2019all are telling me she got into a car accident?\u201d another asked. Santorelli\u2019s family has set up a GoFundMe to aid in funeral costs. \u201cKara had the most beautiful smile and the sweetest soul,\u201d a statement on the fundraiser reads. \u201cEveryone that knew her, loved her.\u201d Santorelli\u2019s death follows the passing of another TikTok star, Jehane Thomas, who suddenly died at age 30 following a series of videos chronicling her issues with migraines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TikToker dies in tragic car crash days after viral video about never being in accident TikTok: kara_santorelli13TikTok influencer Kara Santorelli is going viral after her death, with viewers flooding one of her videos where she claimed she\u2019d never been in an auto accident. A TikToker has tragically lost her life in a fatal car crash [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61019\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}