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SHIFTHEADS: Inside Copy - Thousands Got Someone Else's Face on Their Government ID
Season 3
Episode 36
Published 2 weeks, 4 days ago
Description
A state government agency mixed up the identities of thousands of people, printing new ID cards with the wrong face attached, and correcting it took more than a simple reprint.
An athlete had an accident mid-competition, right in front of spectators, and officials made a choice about whether to stop the event that says a lot about how these things usually go.
A driver in a lifted pickup truck crashed while trying to multitask behind the wheel, and the specific thing he was doing puts this firmly in Florida news territory.
Topics: government ID mix-up, weird news, viral news stories, only in Florida, Happy Friday roundup
Originally aired on 2026-09-18