{"id":5321,"date":"2011-03-10T22:40:08","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T22:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=5321"},"modified":"2011-03-10T22:40:08","modified_gmt":"2011-03-10T22:40:08","slug":"death-by-texting-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=5321","title":{"rendered":"Death By Texting + Driving?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I mentioned in a recent post an ongoing case where Keisha Bianca Wall<\/a> crushed an elderly pedestrian against a wall. It is said that she received a text immediately before the accident occurred.<\/p>\n

In an update to the ongoing case, it is reported that:<\/p>\n

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A Jury will be asked to decide whether a young driver responded to a text message on her phone at the moment her car veered off the road and killed a 63-year-old woman. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The evidence given says that:<\/p>\n

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…Wall had been sent a text message \u2013 \u201cIf you can think of something to do, we will do it\u201d \u2013 at 12.39.04pm. <\/p>\n

The first 999 call to the ambulance service was timed at 12.40.06pm. <\/p>\n

Mr Ward-Jackson said when the police seized Wall\u2019s phone later it was clear the text had been read, but there was no way of knowing at what time that had happened. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

British law is full of loopholes. Witnesses to the accident also gave evidence:<\/p>\n

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[witness Melanie Duggan] said: \u201cShe said something about a black car swerving. \u2018Did you see the black car? It was driving in towards me\u2019.\u201d <\/p>\n

She had also seen Wall using her mobile phone after the collision, she told the court. <\/p>\n

Mrs Duggan\u2019s sister Kay Grigg was a passenger in her BMW and she described what Wall said at the scene. She said: \u201cShe said numerous times \u2018Did you see the black car, I need a witness. I swerved from the black car\u2019.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

However, Wall’s evidence given in Court doesn’t mention the black car. The case continues.<\/p>\n

And there is another story – this one from America – of an accident where texting has also been cited as the cause. Read some of the comments people have left against the story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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