India, Oct. 14 -- Several social media posts are falsely claiming that President Donald Trump was involved in a car accident on Monday. The posts share a video showing authorities near a white vehicle that appears to have crashed into several others on a public road.

The video is captioned, "U.S president Donald Trump has just been involved in a fatal road accident few minutes after leaving the White House."

However, this claim is completely false. At the time of the alleged incident, Trump was in the Middle East, not the United States. Specifically, he was in Egypt attending a summit on Gaza's future.

One version of the video shared on Facebook quickly gained traction, amassing thousands of views within an hour. Many users were quick ...