TWO CRASHES ATTRIBUTED TO TEXTING WHILE DRIVING | Dallas, Texas Personal Injury Attorney Blog

A 16 year old female from Crystal Lake, Illinois has been charged with failure to reduce speed to avoid a collision and improper use of an electronic communication device. Police say she drove her car into a house while texting and driving.

Police said the girl had been driving a 998 Lexus ES300 west on Country Club Road when the car left the road at a curve, went across a lawn, and then struck the house, causing extensive damage to both the car and home.

Meanwhile, Jordan Fernandes (21) from Westport, Massachusettes man has been charged with texting while driving and other vehicular offenses after his truck hit a utility pole. Mr. Fernandes was issued citations for sending or receiving text messages while driving after he admitted to reading a text message and replying to the text while driving his truck. Dartmouth’s texting while driving law went into effect on September 30, 2010.

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