Teen's timely text brings help

The New Zealand Herald writes about a 16 year-old girl who saved her own life by texting a friend for help, following a car accident.

"The 16-year-old Ruatoki student had crashed her car over a bank and was perched inside the upturned vehicle, fearing it would fall into the Whakatane River, when she grabbed her cellphone.

"I only had one bar of service and I tried to ring 111, but I couldn't get through and I thought, 'Oh shit', so I texted my friend and she rang them," Vicky said yesterday.

Text messages can often get through in areas of weak cellphone reception where calls are impossible."

emily | 10:13 AM | News, Buzz |
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