A Florida teen trying to go viral by getting a haircut in the middle of a busy road was seriously injured when he was clipped by a pick-up truck that had just been involved in a crash during the ill-advised late night stunt.<\/p>\n
The unidentified 18-year-old had set up shop with two other men, 19 and 20, in the median outside a shopping plaza making the video for TikTok Sunday night in Ocala, Florida, the Ocala Police Department said.<\/p>\n
The teen, stationed on the 2500 block of SW College Road, was sitting in a chair getting his haircut recorded when a 3500 Chevy Silverado and a Lexus SUV collided at aroun 8:10 p.m., according to officials.<\/p>\n
An 18-year-old was seriously hurt after a crash sent a pickup truck into a group recording a haircut video in the median on in Ocala, Florida on Sept. 27, 2026. FOX 35\/WOGX<\/p>\n
First responders rushed the 18-year-old to a local hospital where he was listed in serious condition, police said.<\/p>\n
Officials are investigating the cause of the crash but revealed neither driver showed signs of intoxication.<\/p>\n
No other injuries were reported.<\/p>\n
The other two haircutters recalled hearing tires screeching and described themselves like food flying in the air at the moment of impact.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were chillin\u2019 right there, and I was givin\u2019 my boy a haircut,\u201d the one guy told witness Yaj Lerom, according to the bystander\u2019s Instagram video.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cNext thing you know, I\u2019m on the ground. We\u2019re pancakes and flapjacks, flying,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n Police investigate the scene of the two-car crash that seriously injured the teen getting a haircut in the middle of the road. FOX 35\/WOGX<\/p>\n The other two haircutters recalled hearing tires screeching and described themselves like food flying in the air at the moment of impact. FOX 35\/WOGX<\/p>\n Lerom called for a restriction on the stunts that have become a more frequent in recent years.<\/p>\n \u201cI got goosebumps and I got them again. I get it every time I talk about it because it\u2019s, being a content creator, I don\u2019t want to sound hypocritical because I\u2019m in some crazy places, but I\u2019m not putting myself out there,\u201d Lerom told WKMG.<\/a> \u201cMy thing was, young kids, something needs to be done. These accounts that are doing that need to be banned. They shouldn\u2019t even be seeing these videos.\u201d<\/p>\n Lerom condemned the wannabe influencers adding \u201cthe likes ain\u2019t worth your life.\u201d<\/p>\n The foolhardy barbers were seen giving haircuts on the sidewalk before migrating to the roadway, witness Damian Fox told Fox35.<\/a><\/p>\n The two uninjured men told Fox they had chosen to sit in the median because it was safer than their original idea of setting up shop in the lanes of traffic.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think he realized the severity of it at first,\u201d Fox said about the videographer being nonchalent and partially goofy after the crash.<\/p>\n \u201cWe would never advise this,\u201d Ocala Police spokesperson Jeff Walczak told the outlet.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t