Innocent victim’s family ‘livid’ at Snapchat video of driver of other car ‘playing chicken’ before deadly head-on crash left him in a coma
A CRASH victim’s family have said they are “livid” about a Snapchat video showing a driver playing chicken with other motorists before hitting the car he was travelling in head-on.
Dennis Sales was the passenger in a car that was hit by Shania McNeill, 21, from Queensland, Australia, who died seconds after she was filmed singing and posing behind the wheel, while she travelled in the wrong direction.
Her Suzuki Baleno crashed into a Nissan Micra carrying Mr Sales, 44, and another driver on Sunday.
Mr Sales’ family have now told Australia’s Daily Telegraph they are “livid” that he is in an induced coma to help him recover.
His son’s girlfriend Amy McLean said Mr Sales, a singer in a band, and another man were returning from a gig when the car veered into their path.
Ms McLean described the alleged circumstances surrounding the incident as “absolutely disgusting”.
“We were absolutely livid to know (Ms McNeill) was willing to play with people’s lives like that,” she said.
“It’s so upsetting to know this happened because of (her) silly mistake. I’m actually shaking. She would have been doing this to show off to her friends and they were wrong to record it.”
His family and that of driver Ken Morrow have set up a gofundme page to raise money to help the men’s recovery.
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In the video a passenger can be heard screaming, “Shania!”, in an apparent bid to get her to slow down.
Footage shows her appearing scared, as her friend Faeda Hunter, who was filming, drops the phone and the video cuts out.
After the crash a member of the public and police performed CPR on her, but she died at the scene.
Ms Hunter and another woman, Hazel Wildman, were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Ms Wildman made headlines when she took a selfie with Ms Hunter, 20, in hospital after the accident.
New South Wales Police Commissioner Michael Corboy fears people are now filming themselves while driving dangerously is a growing trend.
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He told 9News: “It’s not just young people – it’s right through the (age) spectrum.
“Any trend of going to video or Instagram or any of those social media platforms and sending out video or taping while you’re driving is a trend we’re really trying to stop.
“The message needs to get through that if you continue to do this, you or your friends could continue to die.”
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