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Teen Driver Facing Charges for Alleged Snapchat Use Surrenders to Police
Source: ABC News
Teen Driver Facing Charges for Alleged Snapchat Use Surrenders to Police
By CATHERINE THORBECKE - Jun 3, 2016, 4:01 PM ET
The Georgia teenager who allegedly used Snapchat while speeding, and was charged Wednesday for reckless driving among other offenses, turned herself in to local police last night.
Christal McGee, 19, turned herself in to the Clayton County Sheriff's Department yesterday. The teenager allegedly used the Snapchat speed filter while driving last September, and rear-ended a vehicle driven by Wentworth Maynard.
Maynard spent weeks in a coma and suffered permanent brain damage because of the crash, according to his family.
Two passengers in McGee's Mercedes claim that she used Snapchat's speed filter prior to the crash, ABC Atlanta affiliate WSB-TV reported.
Snapchat's speed filter works by having users take a photo on Snapchat and a filter then recording the speed of motion on the screen. The filter has become popular for teens to send photos of those speeds to each other to compete for the highest number.
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By CATHERINE THORBECKE - Jun 3, 2016, 4:01 PM ET
The Georgia teenager who allegedly used Snapchat while speeding, and was charged Wednesday for reckless driving among other offenses, turned herself in to local police last night.
Christal McGee, 19, turned herself in to the Clayton County Sheriff's Department yesterday. The teenager allegedly used the Snapchat speed filter while driving last September, and rear-ended a vehicle driven by Wentworth Maynard.
Maynard spent weeks in a coma and suffered permanent brain damage because of the crash, according to his family.
Two passengers in McGee's Mercedes claim that she used Snapchat's speed filter prior to the crash, ABC Atlanta affiliate WSB-TV reported.
Snapchat's speed filter works by having users take a photo on Snapchat and a filter then recording the speed of motion on the screen. The filter has become popular for teens to send photos of those speeds to each other to compete for the highest number.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/teen-driver-facing-charges-alleged-snapchat-surrenders-police/story?id=39595086
