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| Ohio man Paul Pelton who filmed fatal car accident rather than help has been charged | Ohio man Paul Pelton who filmed fatal car accident rather than help has been charged |
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| The Ohio man who whipped out his cell phone to record a fatal car accident instead of helping the victims has been charged. | The Ohio man who whipped out his cell phone to record a fatal car accident instead of helping the victims has been charged. |
| Paul Pelton, 41, took video of a car crash that killed one teenager and posted the footage on Facebook, allegedly attempting to sell it to news outlets. | Paul Pelton, 41, took video of a car crash that killed one teenager and posted the footage on Facebook, allegedly attempting to sell it to news outlets. |
| Mr Pelton reportedly opened the rear door of the car to get better video as two 17-year-old boys were inside. Cameron Friend died as a result of the crash and driver Zachary Goodin was critically injured. | Mr Pelton reportedly opened the rear door of the car to get better video as two 17-year-old boys were inside. Cameron Friend died as a result of the crash and driver Zachary Goodin was critically injured. |
| By opening the door of the car, he opened himself up for trespassing charges, which have been levied by police, WKYC reported. | By opening the door of the car, he opened himself up for trespassing charges, which have been levied by police, WKYC reported. |
| In the video - since removed from Mr Pelton's Facebook page - he can be heard saying "Idiots" multiple times in apparent reference to the teenagers in the car. | In the video - since removed from Mr Pelton's Facebook page - he can be heard saying "Idiots" multiple times in apparent reference to the teenagers in the car. |
| "I just wanted to educate people to slow down," Mr Pelton told a Cleveland news station. "I didn't do that to have some type of gore video." | "I just wanted to educate people to slow down," Mr Pelton told a Cleveland news station. "I didn't do that to have some type of gore video." |
| Since falling into the media spotlight, Mr Pelton has defended himself on Facebook by claiming others on the scene also were filming with their phones. | Since falling into the media spotlight, Mr Pelton has defended himself on Facebook by claiming others on the scene also were filming with their phones. |
| It appears that no one else went as far in their voyeurism as to open the car door. | It appears that no one else went as far in their voyeurism as to open the car door. |
| Follow @PaytonGuion on Twitter. | Follow @PaytonGuion on Twitter. |
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