KMA Barack Obama
2018-08-11 21:06:28 UTC
A British judge has sentenced a driver to six years in prison
for hitting two pedestrians moments after he sent a text on his
phone.
Judge Robert Altham told 26-year-old Mohmed Salman Patel that he
was so distracted he might as well have been driving with his
eyes closed. Altham says "no text message was so urgent that it
was worth the lives of these two young women."
Prosecutors say the accountant had sent a text message 42
seconds before calling emergency services to report the April
20, 2016 crash in the northwest city of Preston. Rachel Murphy,
23, and Shelby Maher, 17, were killed while another woman
survived.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/driver-jailed-in-uk-for-
texting-moments-before-fatal-
crash?intcmp=ob_article_footer_text&intcmp=obinsite
for hitting two pedestrians moments after he sent a text on his
phone.
Judge Robert Altham told 26-year-old Mohmed Salman Patel that he
was so distracted he might as well have been driving with his
eyes closed. Altham says "no text message was so urgent that it
was worth the lives of these two young women."
Prosecutors say the accountant had sent a text message 42
seconds before calling emergency services to report the April
20, 2016 crash in the northwest city of Preston. Rachel Murphy,
23, and Shelby Maher, 17, were killed while another woman
survived.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/driver-jailed-in-uk-for-
texting-moments-before-fatal-
crash?intcmp=ob_article_footer_text&intcmp=obinsite