Driver cleared in boy's death

Just to set the record straight, the teen accused of text-messaging while driving and fatally stricking a 2½-year-old boy, no longer faces criminal charges, according to The Enquirer who has covered the trial.

"A criminal complaint stating Deming was text-messaging "immediately prior" to striking the boy prompted calls from across the state to make driving while on the phone illegal. The child possibly stumbled on the curb.

Crockett said the investigation in the eight months following the death indicated that Deming sent the text message more than a minute before the boy was hit.

... "It is obviously a tragedy," Deming's lawyer, Wilbur M. Zevely of Florence, said. "It is an accident. It isn't criminal, and I think the grand jury did what was appropriate. The grand jury is there to make the hard decisions." Zevely said Deming is haunted by the death".

Other reported incidents:

-- Driver was texting when he killed child

-- Teen Driver Text Messaging Hits Cyclist

-- Text messaging causes accident near Sandy Beach

-- Driver was texting when he killed child

-- Talking while driving can be deadly

-- Texting driver jailed for deaths

-- The Car accident and Sms

-- Killed Son's Father Warns Against SMS While Driving

-- Mobile Phone Driver Jailed for Death Crash

-- Text-messaging driver kills cyclist.

emily | 9:38 PM | Cell Phones while driving/flying/sailing |
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