YouTuber arrested for helicopter and Lamborghini fireworks stunt

The 24-year-old’s fireworks stunt, shot in a dry California lakebed last summer, resulted in Choi being charged with ‘causing the placement of an explosive or incendiary device on an aircraft’. — AP

LOS ANGELES: A YouTuber who allegedly directed a helicopter to shoot fireworks at a speeding Lamborghini for a “crazy stupid” video has been arrested in California, US prosecutors said on June 6.

Suk Min Choi, better known as Alex Choi, boasts nearly one million subscribers to his YouTube channel, which promises its viewers “the greatest car shenanigans!”