Ambulance crew say cyclist impeded them after they arrived to treat 29-year-old who had crashed his motorbike into a lamp postGerman police are searching for a cyclist who filmed a dying man after a road accident instead of going to his aid. Police say the cyclist could be prosecuted for failing to assist the 29-year-old who had crashed his motorbike into a lamp post. He was later pronounced dead at the scene of the accident in Heidenheim near Ulm in southern Germany. The German psychologist Wolfgang Krüger said the “gaffer” phenomenon was nothing new, but had been given a new lease of life thanks to smartphones. “Sensation-seeking is the simplest way to bring a bit of excitement into one’s life,” he told the Hamburger Morgenpost.

Source: The Guardian September 18, 2017 15:33 UTC