February 3, 2009
Woman Sentenced to 21 Months For Fatal Collision While Texting
Another trajedy caused by text messaging while driving.
A woman who caused a fatal car crash in the UK while text messaging has been sentenced to 21 months in jail. Chattabox reports.
Philippa Curtis was driving 70 mph as she busily texted on her phone, and rammed into a car that was parked to the side of the road, where Victoria McBryde had suffered from a flat tire. The collision caused a fatal brain injury, and McBryde was pronounced dead at the scene. Curtis suffered a mild arm injury.
“I can’t really describe in words how bad I actually feel, “ Curtis said tearfully at her sentencing. “I just feel awful that I was involved and I can’t really imagine how the family must feel.”
Related to speeding, but it's really all the same: - Yeah, killing a child will weigh on your mind In the new spot, the U.K.'s Department for Transport, which specializes in dead and wounded children, shows a man being haunted by a boy he's killed while speeding. British road-safety minister Jim Fitzpatrick tells the Guardian that the point of the unsettling spot is to make viewers "consider the consequences of speeding" and think about "what life is like for the driver who kills because [he is] in a rush to get home."
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