Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Current Events
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 12-11-2016, 09:19 PM
 
42 posts, read 32,416 times
Reputation: 99

Advertisements

Teen driver was live video broadcasting self online at time of fatal crash - News - The Times-Tribune

Quote:
Lights illuminate Brooke Miranda Hughes’ face as the Scranton teen holds up her cellphone while driving along Interstate 380 near Tobyhanna shortly after midnight Tuesday.

She is broadcasting a live Facebook video.

“Are you going live?” asks her passenger, Dunmore teen Chaniya Morrison-Toomey.
Really sad, people really should not be messing with their phones while driving.

Last edited by toosie; 12-12-2016 at 03:54 AM.. Reason: TOS - copyright - link and brief snippet please
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 12-12-2016, 08:29 AM
 
26,143 posts, read 19,846,248 times
Reputation: 17241
Sad....
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 12-12-2016, 08:32 AM
 
Location: Sugarmill Woods , FL
6,234 posts, read 8,445,889 times
Reputation: 13809
Darwinism in action once again.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 12-12-2016, 08:47 AM
 
Location: Southern California
12,713 posts, read 15,539,449 times
Reputation: 35512
This story isn't what I expected after reading the headline. Seems they were hit from behind and were going slow because they either had a flat or a donut on. In this case the live streaming probably didn't help but not sure it was the cause.

Sad story no matter what transpired.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 12-12-2016, 08:56 AM
 
Location: Flawduh
17,204 posts, read 15,404,507 times
Reputation: 23762
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr_Geek View Post
This story isn't what I expected after reading the headline. Seems they were hit from behind and were going slow because they either had a flat or a donut on. In this case the live streaming probably didn't help but not sure it was the cause.

Sad story no matter what transpired.
Yeah, it doesn't seem like the live streaming (as foolish as it was) caused the accident.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 12-12-2016, 08:59 AM
 
Location: Cape Cod
24,495 posts, read 17,239,538 times
Reputation: 35793
Another tragic story.

Drivers ed should enforce how fast things can happen in a car especially at highway speeds and how easy it is to die.
They should also teach how much damage can be done to a car and a human body at even the modest speed of 25 mph.

Everyone should be reminded of these things throughout their driving years.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 12-12-2016, 09:14 AM
 
Location: Ohio
5,624 posts, read 6,846,119 times
Reputation: 6802
so its Pokemon Go all over again?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 12-12-2016, 09:18 AM
 
Location: On the Chesapeake
45,397 posts, read 60,592,880 times
Reputation: 61012
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr_Geek View Post
This story isn't what I expected after reading the headline. Seems they were hit from behind and were going slow because they either had a flat or a donut on. In this case the live streaming probably didn't help but not sure it was the cause.

Sad story no matter what transpired.
Yeah. The girls were the ones hit. From behind. By a tractor trailer.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 12-12-2016, 09:50 AM
 
5,444 posts, read 6,995,615 times
Reputation: 15147
In this case, the video will be used as evidence and could allow charges to be filed against the truck driver. I do wonder what speed they were driving at in the right-hand lane.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 12-12-2016, 10:59 AM
 
Location: Homeless
17,717 posts, read 13,539,319 times
Reputation: 11994
This is one of those thing that while I feel sorry for the families & friends I just can't feel sorry for the girl driving the car.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Current Events

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 06:11 AM.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top