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Deaths From Texting While Driving

Introduction
There have been many deaths from other who were texting while driving. It is now said that texting while driving is equal to driving while drinking. Danny Oates was killed by a man who was High and texting at the time. Heather Leigh was killed at a red light by trailor tractor that was texting while driving. Ashley Miller was texting while driving and caused a head on car accident. she killed a wife and mother of one, and step mother of two who recently lost thier biological mother from cancer.

Deaths
The first victim killed by a person who was texting a minute before the accident was name Danny Oates. He was only 14 years old at the time, and he was on his way so register for classes. Danny was riding his bike when the man started to swerved from lane to lane. The man eventually made to the bike lane and when he hit Danny he flew more than 200 feet away from where he was hit. He landed into a traffic lane, and even though he was wearing a helmet he still was killed from all the multiple blunt force injuries from being hit so hard.

Heather Leigh was killed by a tractor trailer when her and her husband stopped at a red light. The couple were on their way to their wedding planner, and to meet with their parents right before the accident occurred. The person who was driving the tractor was texting when the accident accured. Since the death of heather there has been a law made called heathers law. It was made by heathers father so that people couldn’t text while driving.

In 2009 Ashley Miller was killed from texting, and she also took the life of the person who she ran into. Miller was texting and she started to drive on the wrong side of the road causing a head on accident. The person who life she took along with hers was Stacey Stubbs.

in 2008, there was a train accident that had a lot to do with texting. The accident killed twenty five people, and the accident was caused because the person who was operating the train was texting.

History
Texting while driving has been a big issue since texting became popular. there have been many car accidnet from people that try to text while drive. People dont really realize the dangers of texting while driving until they get hurt, or they loose a loved one. recently [Opera] has made a campaign against [texting while driving], due to all the eaths that are being caused.

Work Sited
http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-jeffrey-woods,0,7751793.story http://mydeathspace.com/article/2007/02/14/Ashley_Miller_(19)_died_from_injuries_sustained_in_an_automobile_accident http://www.drivinglaws.org/minn.php