Cellphone for talking: Check. Cellphone for texting: Check. Hand on steering wheel: Oops.
If a tow truck ends up in a swimming pool, there can be a good reason. Maybe a tornado, or an earthquake. The driver could have a heart attack at the wheel. All perfectly understandable. On the other hand, there’s what went down on Tonawanda Creek Road yesterday.
Niagara County Sheriff’s deputies say the driver of a tow truck was apparently talking on one cell phone and texting on another. (which makes it a little tough to PAY ATTENTION TO THE ROAD!) So the truck hit a car, crashed through a fence, hit a house, and plunged into an in-ground pool. Oh yeah, one of the cars being towed also slammed into the house.
Quick note from the department of irony. As you may notice from the post directly beneath this one, just yesterday we were discussing the dangers of texting while driving. Apparently that story needed proof.
But back to this story. The two people in the car, which was stopped waiting to make a turn, were injured in the crash. The truck driver faces a whole bunch of charges. And it took a long time to clean up the mess…..because when you have to tow a tow truck out of a swimming pool, you have to find a bigger tow truck.
If a tow truck ends up in a swimming pool, there can be a good reason. Maybe a tornado, or an earthquake. The driver could have a heart attack at the wheel. All perfectly understandable. On the other hand, there’s what went down on Tonawanda Creek Road yesterday.
Niagara County Sheriff’s deputies say the driver of a tow truck was apparently talking on one cell phone and texting on another. (which makes it a little tough to PAY ATTENTION TO THE ROAD!) So the truck hit a car, crashed through a fence, hit a house, and plunged into an in-ground pool. Oh yeah, one of the cars being towed also slammed into the house.
Quick note from the department of irony. As you may notice from the post directly beneath this one, just yesterday we were discussing the dangers of texting while driving. Apparently that story needed proof.
But back to this story. The two people in the car, which was stopped waiting to make a turn, were injured in the crash. The truck driver faces a whole bunch of charges. And it took a long time to clean up the mess…..because when you have to tow a tow truck out of a swimming pool, you have to find a bigger tow truck.
people this stupid should be mandated by law, to wear a sign!
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