Videos (here, here, and here) are going viral on social media claiming to show a train accident in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, where the train allegedly fell into the Ramganga river while crossing a bridge. Let’s investigate the truth behind this footage.
Claim: A video that went viral online shows a train falling off a bridge and into a river in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh.
fact: The video is generated by AI. The original uploader said the video was created using AI, and an AI detection tool also flagged the video as 99.9% AI-generated. This claim stands as no such train accident has been reported from Bareilly. error.
To confirm the truth, I took a closer look at the video and noticed some inconsistencies. The movement of the falling train appears unnatural, and a small passenger car can be seen falling between two regular passenger cars, something that is not seen on actual Indian railway structures. Errors like this are common in AI-generated clips.
To trace the original source, I performed a reverse image search on Google and found that the same video had been uploaded to an account named Instagram. Anmol Bola. The caption of the post reads:Learn how to create viral AI reels like this one” indicates the clip was generated by AI.
I checked the profile and found that this account is dedicated to AI-generated videos and serves as a learning platform for creating AI content. We found several other AI-generated videos on this profile (here, here, and here).
To verify whether the video was generated by AI, we analyzed it using the AI detection platform Hive. The tool flagged the clip as 99.9% AI-generated, confirming that the viral video was not real and was created using artificial intelligence.
Additionally, we conducted a keyword search to determine if there have been any recent reports of accidents involving trains falling into rivers. No such reports were found. However, we came across a recent incident where a freight train passenger coach caught fire near Bareilly Junction ( here and here ), but the incident has nothing to do with the viral video.
To summarize, the video of a train falling into a river from a bridge in Uttar Pradesh was generated by AI.
