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Anurag Dobhal, a popular YouTuber and former contestant of the reality TV show Bigg Boss 17 (going by the name UK07 Rider), was hospitalized in the ICU after a dramatic car crash on March 7, 2026, during an Instagram Live. Anurag was found screaming in Ghaziabad in the area of Masuri, but driving at high speed (more than 150 km/h) on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway, carrying the Toyota Fortuner cabin in the expressway, Anurag appeared emotionally distraught, sobbing and accusing his family of mental persecution, torture against his inter-caste relationship with Ritika Chauhan, and extreme depression.

During the livestream he participated in and was viewed by more than 80,000 people, he made a plea, saying, "If I am born again, Mummy, give me love... I must have needed love; I frantically needed love," and then he said that this was his last push and plunged into a highway dividing. He was lifted by bystanders out of the rubble as the stream took the anarchy.

His manager, Rohit Pandey, has confirmed through Instagram messaging that Anurag had been transferred to a different hospital and is in intensive care and advised the fans not to speculate. Recently, a video taken of him demonstrates his weak smile at the hospital bed, which portrays that he is conscious but at a critical state. The event has given rise to a popular discussion of mental health and housing issues, family demands, and influencer stress, and friends rave against trolls and request help.