Travel YouTuber Jin's Travel Dies After Being Hit by Truck in Bolivia

Travel YouTuber ’Jinstreble’ (Jo Jin-woo, 33) was reported to have died after being hit by a large cargo truck while traveling by bicycle in El Alto, Bolivia. The accident was reported to have occurred around 9:30 a.m. on the 4th through the local Bolivian broadcaster Unitel. The truck driver involved fled the scene but was caught and detained by the police a few hours later. The driver stated during the police investigation that he did not see the cyclist, and alcohol was not detected in the breathalyzer test. Local police are investigating the circumstances of the accident. On the 5th, Lee Young-jun, an acquaintance of the deceased, posted an obituary on Jinstreble’s YouTube channel with the consent of the bereaved family. Lee stated that the funeral arrangements are being prepared together with staff from the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Bolivia, and that the schedule and condolence procedures will be announced later through the channel. He also requested that, out of respect for the family’s grief, unverified speculation and sharing of accident videos or photos be refrained from. Jo Jin-woo launched the YouTube channel ’Jinstreble’ in 2020 and shared videos of his bicycle travels starting in South Korea and continuing through Europe, Africa, North America, and Latin America. He was known to have about 66,000 subscribers, which increased to over 68,000 by the evening of the 5th as memorial subscribers grew after the accident. Since last year, he had been continuing a journey cycling across Latin America starting from Mexico, and the video of his bicycle trip in the Peruvian Andes, released on the 30th of last month, became his final video.