On February 23, 2010, 19-year-old Heather Lerch lost control of her car and crashed through a guardrail on her way home from work.The impact caused the driver’s side door to collapse several feet inside the vehicle killing Heather instantly. At the time of the crash, she was speeding and texting back and forth with a
On January 3, 2008, Heather Hurd and her fiancée were scheduled to meet her parents at their wedding planner’s office in Orlando, Florida. On the way there, a tractor-trailer traveling at 65 miles per hour hit their car and eight others while they were stopped at a red light. The truck driver, who was texting
On April 27, 2009, single mom Alison Holden was driving to work when she was rear-ended at a stoplight by a driver who was sending a text message. She was rushed to the hospital and diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury. In the months after the accident, she suffered from short-term memory loss and struggled
On May 18, 2008, John “Rusty” Gordon was riding his motorcycle on Ohio State Route 4 when a 20-year old driving a truck swerved into oncoming traffic. Rusty was struck head on and died instantly from a broken neck. The driver was using his cell phone at the time of the crash. Rusty was born
On November 25, 2008, 9-year-old Erica Forney was riding her bicycle in a bike lane and was just steps from her home in Fort Collins when tragedy occurred. A 36-year-old neighbor who was driving an SUV at 25 miles per hour, looked down at her cell phone as she finished a call and drifted into
On December 1, 2010, 2-year-old Calli Ann Murray and her mother Ling were walking home from a park just blocks from their home. As they crossed the street in a crosswalk, holding hands, a young driver who was 18-year-old freshman volleyball player at Sonoma State University was texting on her cell phone. She struck Calli
On May 18, 2008, Jacy Good and her parents attended her graduation ceremony at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Jacy had landed her dream job through AmeriCorps as a team leader for Habitat For Humanity and was excited about the future. On the way home from graduation, a young driver talking on his cell phone
On September 3, 2008, 61-year-old Linda Doyle was killed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, when a young driver talking on a cell phone ran a red light and broadsided her vehicle. At the time of the crash, Linda was on her way to feed the feral cats at Lake Overholser, a reservoir in Oklahoma City. Linda
Javier Zamora was killed on August 26, 2007, in southern California when his car was struck head-on by a driver who was reaching between the seats for her phone. Javier was on his way to a shopping mall with his daughter when the crash occurred. Javier’s daughter sustained minor injuries and the female driver of
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