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Dougal Sutherland: Clinical Psychologist on the filming of crashes for social media

Published: Aug. 27, 2024, 8:21 p.m.

A psychologist is encouraging the public not to engage in online content like that recorded after a horror crash on Auckland's southern motorway. \xa0

Police are slamming the livestreaming of the crash that killed three people at Ramarama on Monday. \xa0

They say it was recorded before emergency services arrived and showed close-ups of the deceased in the van and injured laying on the road. \xa0

Clinical psychologist Dougal Sutherland told Mike Hosking an interest in death is clashing with social media pressures. \xa0

He says it's a reminder to think twice when pulling out phones to record.\xa0

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