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| Ohio man posts YouTube video confessing to causing fatal car crash | Ohio man posts YouTube video confessing to causing fatal car crash |
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| A 22-year-old man from Ohio has posted a video on the internet in which he admits to causing a fatal accident by driving the wrong way along an interstate after a bar crawl. | A 22-year-old man from Ohio has posted a video on the internet in which he admits to causing a fatal accident by driving the wrong way along an interstate after a bar crawl. |
| Matthew Cordle says in the footage that he expects the admission could lead to a long prison sentence, but wants his confession to help persuade others not to drink and drive. The three-and-a-half minute video has attracted more than 780,000 views on YouTube since being posted on Tuesday. It begins with Cordle's face blurred and his voice distorted as he describes the events which led to the death of Vincent Canzani, 61, on Interstate 670 in Columbus on 22 June. | Matthew Cordle says in the footage that he expects the admission could lead to a long prison sentence, but wants his confession to help persuade others not to drink and drive. The three-and-a-half minute video has attracted more than 780,000 views on YouTube since being posted on Tuesday. It begins with Cordle's face blurred and his voice distorted as he describes the events which led to the death of Vincent Canzani, 61, on Interstate 670 in Columbus on 22 June. |
| "I killed a man. I was out with some friends, we were all drinking really heavily, just hopping from bar to bar, just trying to have a good time, and I lost control," Cordle says. | "I killed a man. I was out with some friends, we were all drinking really heavily, just hopping from bar to bar, just trying to have a good time, and I lost control," Cordle says. |
| "On that particular night I made a mistake and got in my truck. I completely blacked out and decided to try to drive home. I ended up going the wrong way down the highway, directly into oncoming traffic, and I struck a car. I killed a man." | "On that particular night I made a mistake and got in my truck. I completely blacked out and decided to try to drive home. I ended up going the wrong way down the highway, directly into oncoming traffic, and I struck a car. I killed a man." |
| As the video continues, Cordle's face and voice become clear and he identifies himself: "My name is Matthew Cordle and on 22 June 2013 I hit and killed Vincent Canzani. This video will act as my confession. When I get charged I will plead guilty and take full responsibility for everything I've done to Vincent and his family … I'm begging you: please don't drink and drive." | As the video continues, Cordle's face and voice become clear and he identifies himself: "My name is Matthew Cordle and on 22 June 2013 I hit and killed Vincent Canzani. This video will act as my confession. When I get charged I will plead guilty and take full responsibility for everything I've done to Vincent and his family … I'm begging you: please don't drink and drive." |
| The video concludes by flashing up the address of the organisation which produced the video, becauseisaidiwould.com. The organisation describes its purpose as "a social movement dedicated to bettering humanity through the power of a promise" and says that Cordle approached it to help him come clean. | The video concludes by flashing up the address of the organisation which produced the video, becauseisaidiwould.com. The organisation describes its purpose as "a social movement dedicated to bettering humanity through the power of a promise" and says that Cordle approached it to help him come clean. |
| Cordle says that he knows that by confessing he is giving the authorities "everything they need to put me away for a very long time". | Cordle says that he knows that by confessing he is giving the authorities "everything they need to put me away for a very long time". |
| Cordle has not yet been charged but was a suspect in a police investigation which concluded this week. A spokeswoman for the local prosecutor, Ron O'Brien, said on Friday that he would submit the case to a grand jury on Monday and recommend Cordle be charged with alcohol-related aggravated vehicular homicide, which carries a sentence of up to eight years. | Cordle has not yet been charged but was a suspect in a police investigation which concluded this week. A spokeswoman for the local prosecutor, Ron O'Brien, said on Friday that he would submit the case to a grand jury on Monday and recommend Cordle be charged with alcohol-related aggravated vehicular homicide, which carries a sentence of up to eight years. |
| O'Brien said on Thursday that he has downloaded a copy of the video as evidence. | O'Brien said on Thursday that he has downloaded a copy of the video as evidence. |
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