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Text Messaging to Blame in Teen's Car Wreck?


On June 28 an SUV driven buy 17-year-old Bailey Goodman swerved into oncoming traffic and hit a truck head-on, killing herself and her four passengers instantly. Now, a report from the police states that cell phone use may have been a factor.

Apparently, Goodman made a call to people in a following car just a few minutes before the crash while she was driving. Several text messages were also sent and received from her phone during the trip. While it's not clear whether she was the one reading and thumbing the messages, this story seems to lend a little credence to New York's attempts to ban automotive texting, especially since the crash happened in New York State. However, NY's existing ban on cell phone use while driving certainly didn't stop Goodman from making calls, so it's unlikely a further ban on texting would have helped avoid this tragedy.

From Star-Gazette.com

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