British Lord Jailed over Fatal Road Accident After Sending Text Messages

Lord Ahmed, a Labour peer in the House of Lords has been jailed for 12 weeks following a conviction for dangerous driving which lead to a fatal crash. He was involved in an accident on Christmas Day 2007 when it hit another motorist who was killed instantly.

He had been accused of sending text messages on his mobile phone whilst driving at 60mph in the dark, just moments prior to the crash.

[via Cellular News]

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