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DCP Segura Did Check On The Accident Victims
posted (August 22, 2014)

6 days ago, Deputy Police Commissioner Miguel Segura was in an accident outside of Benque Viejo Town in which 54 year-old Yolanda Valencia from Succotz was killed. It has caused major public outrage because firstly, the second-most senior cop in the country was allegedly drinking and driving, and also because he was featured in that vile video which went viral. It shows him he was zipping up his pants and taking a leisurely drag from a cigarette a few feet away from the wreckage of the accident and Valencia's body.

Segura has been harshly criticized for that behaviour, and members of the public say that he seemed to show little regard for the loss of life. Well, 7News has gotten hold of cell phone footage taken moments after the accident happened. Here's what it looks like.

The horns are still blaring from the taxi, and as the civilian taping the scene gets closer, responders are trying to find out if the driver 28 year old taxi driver, Yanie Evan Cu, is okay. He informs them that Yolanda Valencia is dead.

The video moves on to show Valencia's body in the vehicle, but we are won't show that part to you because it's too graphic.

Deputy ComPol Segura leaves his vehicle and goes over to the taxi to survey the damage. You can kind of see him appearing to again be adjusting his pants. The camera phone holder inspects the wreckage from all angles.

The footage then goes back to the civilians trying to help Yanie Cu out of the vehicle, so that he can be rushed out for medical treatment. They finally disconnect the battery and get the horn to stop blaring.

The civilians finally get Yanie Cu out of the vehicle, and as they inch him out of the driver's door, he's in terrible pain.

The videographer takes another pass around the taxi vehicle and catches Segura walking out of the frame.

Sometime after this is when he put his gun in his pocket and then lit the cigarette.

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