On April 7, 2012, just two weeks short of her 18th birthday, Liz Marks drove her car into the back of a flat bed truck which was stopped, with its turn signal on, waiting to make a left hand turn. She had looked down to read a text from her mother, Betty Shaw, one word
Chandler Small died the morning of December 19, 2012, as a result of texting and speeding while driving. Chandler was operating her Ford F-250 when she failed to negotiate a turn. Her vehicle left the roadway, hit a culvert, flipped and landed on its roof. Chandler, who was wearing her seatbelt, was sending and receiving
On November 10, 2008, 17 year old Alessandra (Allie) Augello was killed in a head-on collision when on her way home from play practice at Bishop McLaughlin Catholic High School, in Spring Hill, Florida. The driver of the other vehicle, 19 year old Alyssa Dryer, who was also killed, veered into Allie’s lane unexpectedly. Police
Ralph Finneren, an avid bicylist and retired GM pipe fitter of 30 years, was stuck and killed while riding his bike on July 27, 2011 in Orion Township, MI. According to a witness, the motorist slowly drifted to the right, crashing into Finneren from the rear.The driver stated that he never saw the bicycle. Ralph pursued life
Angelina Bandino was killed by a distracted driver while walking home with friends after school on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 in San Bernardino, California. She was fifteen years old. The operator of the pickup truck was an eighteen-year-old who had made three phone calls and sent two text messages in the minutes before and during
On December 2, 2006, seventeen-year-old Reid Hollister died as a result of a one-vehicle crash into the guard rail of I-84 in Connecticut. His two passengers, also of West Harford, sustained injuries, but survived. Reid lost control of his vehicle as a result of distracted driving at approximately 9:28 pm the previous night. Speed and
Justin Martinez reached an untimely death at the age of 18 on July 21, 2011. According to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office in Texas, Justin was talking on his cellphone while at the same time talking to a friend in the car next to him. When a car in front of him slowed down to
Andrew Thomas McCann died on the morning of January 26, 2012 while on his way to school. Andrew was a passenger in a vehicle being driven by his best friend, Julian Reis, who was distracted by his phone when his vehicle started to drift into the right lane of Route 140 in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Robert Joseph Brau, 21, was killed by a distracted driver near Montrose, MN on Thursday, August 14, 2014. The distracted driver veered into oncoming traffic, hitting Robert on his motorcycle, killing him instantly. A witness driving a semi-truck said he saw the driver on an “electronic device”, while the driver insisted she was reaching in the
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