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British Lord Jailed for Fatal, Texting-Related Crash

by Tim Stevens on February 26, 2009 at 09:27 AM

British Lord Jailed for Fatal, Texting-Related Crash
We've chronicled the threats of driving while texting many times in the past, including women who were sentenced to 21-months and four years for committing this act of stupidity. Now we have a member of the United Kingdom's Parliament to add to the list. Lord Ahmed, a member of the British House of Lords, will spend 12 weeks in jail for killing another driver.

While the details of the accident haven't been made public, Ahmed was apparently driving 60mph on Christmas night in 2007 with his wife and mother when he struck another car, killing its occupant. Ahmed was found to have been texting prior to the crash. Though he initially argued it was unrelated, he later pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and received the three-month sentence. He has also had his license suspended for a year -- light punishment for the crime compared to what we've seen in the past. [From: textually.org]

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