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JinsTravel's family released his final scheduled Bolivia video

Cho Jin-woo's older brother said the upload had been queued for November 7. A judge later ordered the truck driver to remain under house arrest.

Cho Jin-woo's family released what became the final upload on JinsTravel, the YouTube channel where the 33-year-old had logged bicycle trips across four continents since 2020.

His older brother said relatives found the finished edit while checking the account after Cho died in El Alto, Bolivia, on November 4. The file was set to publish at 6:15 p.m. Korea Standard Time on November 7.

The upload, titled "A Healing-Filled Bicycle Journey into Bolivia, Made Possible by Chance," tracks the leg of his Mexico-to-South America ride through Bolivia. The channel had about 66,000 subscribers.

A cargo truck struck Cho on Avenida 6 de Marzo near El Alto's Zona Franca while he was cycling. Witnesses said the 54-year-old driver left the scene before other transport workers caught the truck and turned him over to police.

Following a pretrial hearing, a judge ordered the driver to stay under house arrest while investigators continued to work the case. Police had earlier reported no alcohol on a breathalyzer test after the driver said he had not seen the bicycle.

Cho's family traveled to Bolivia with help from the South Korean Embassy to arrange repatriation of his remains and asked viewers not to circulate unverified crash footage or speculation.