A police officer in Vermont looked at YouTube in his cruiser when he hit a cyclist and killed while running, is said.
Shelburne Police Sgt. Kyle Kapitanski, 41, is accused of reckless driving too fast while he is distracted by the video moments before he hit and killed cyclist Sean Hayes.
Hayes that Hayes were shared for the first time shared his bike on the side of the road when he was mowed by a quick vehicle on the morning of November 11, 2024.
In documents from the outlet, researchers say that the crash unfolded when Kapitanski's Bodycam showed him that he played a YouTube video with right-wing influencer Matt Walsh on his in-cruisser tablet.
Immediately after the crash claims claim that Kapitanski's hand can be changed from the screen in the Cruiser to show a police information program named Valcour.
Kapitanski is expected to be in court on Thursday and will be confronted with a maximum of 15 years in prison for accusation of gross negligent operation that results in death.
Huldesten came in for father of two Hayes after the tragic collision, set up with a GoFundme for his daughters who say he was “full of life, laughter and kindness.”
“He was only 38 years old and leaves two young, beautiful daughters,” said the fundraising.
Shocking surveillance images conquered a cyclist at the moment a police officer in Vermont has hit a cyclist after being distracted by a YouTube video on November 11, 2024
Shelburne Police Sgt. Kyle Kapitanski, 41, is accused of reckless driving too fast while he is distracted by the videoms before he reportedly hit and killed a cyclist
Cyclist Sean Hayes, 38, was killed tragically on the spot. A father of two, friends said he was 'full of life, laughter and kindness'
The local population in the community of South Burlington had expressed indignation after the charges were initially not submitted in the death of Hayes, and last month an investigation resulted by the State Police of Vermont in Kapitanski that only received a quote.
On the day of the crash four months ago, Kapitanski reportedly rode Shelburne Road around 2:40 am and had visited a supermarket five minutes before the crash.
Immediately after the horror incident was caught on surveillance images, Kapitanski called his police and reported that he had hit something, “possibly a person.”
According to a police application reported by VT Digger, neither Capitanski's bodycam nor the dashcam of his cruiser has conquered the collision.
The Bodycam of Kapitanski, however, registered some 'post-collision' events, the submission stated including a representation of his in-cruiser tablet.
Researchers said a web browser on the tablet was shown with a YouTube video, and “Kapitanski's hand can be seen changing from the tablet display screen, after the collision, from the YouTube website to Valcour.”
The report added that Kapitanski drove around 40 mph in a 35 mph zone.
“The crash reconstruction report states that the crash could probably have been avoided as capitanski with the speed limit,” the submission explained.
Vrib flowed to Hayes after his death, while friends were mourning for him and his two young daughters
Hayes was seen on setting up his bike moments before a vehicle hit him on Shelburne Road last November in Vermont.
Kapitanski (right) had reportedly seen that he switched his in-cruiser tablet from a YouTube video to a police training second after the crash
Detectives said that according to the report: “There was a delay when the brakes were activated after the crash,” which measures about 85 feet.
On surveillance video that showed the crash, Hayes was seen who picked up and set up his bike off the ground, but Kapitanski reportedly told a member of the South Burlington Fire Department on the scene that Hayes came out of nothing. '
The police noted that Hayes wore 'inconspicuous' clothing and neither his bike nor a trailer he had confirmed had confirmed 'reflective material' or lights.
In an overview of the in-cruiser tablet from Kapitanski, it turned out that he had access to 'various YouTube' web addresses between 2:29 AM and 2:40 AM, when the crash took place.
The last video on the tablet was reportedly entitled: “Trans woman confronting Matt Walsh takes unexpected turn.”
Kapitanski's lawyer David Sleigh argued that the officer had not touched the YouTube clip before he stopped in the supermarket, and challenged the finding that this was probably a reason to support a crime.
The police noted that Hayes wore 'inconspicuous' clothing and neither his bike nor a trailer he had confirmed had 'reflective material' or lights in the night of the crash
'The sworn explanation, as close as I can see, says that Kyle may have been 5 miles above the speed limit, that his computer played a kind of video, but the officer says that their IT man says there seems to be no interaction with the computer in the 11 minutes there is, Sleigh said.
“They don't make a statement that he looked at the screen or was different.
“It seems the best they can do is a crime simple accusation of negligence,” added to WCAX.
Kapitanski has been placed on Shelburne's leave while he is confronted behind bars for up to 15 years.
