poncho
2/28/2007 7:05:42 AM
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Published: Feb. 27, 2007 at 8:59 AM
Police: Using laptop caused deadly head-on
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- The California Highway Patrol says a deadly head-on crash north of Sacramento was likely caused by a man at the
wheel working on his laptop computer.
The crash occurred Monday morning on Highway 99 and involved a 28-year-old man in a Toyota Corolla who apparently lost control of his car and swerved into oncoming traffic, The Sacramento Bee reported Tuesday.
One driver told CHP investigators he swerved and avoided the Toyota,which then struck an oncoming Hummer. The couple in the Hummer was treated and released for minor injuries but the Toyota driver was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
"We have reason to believe he was operating his laptop because it was still on and plugged into the cigarette lighter," said CHP Cmdr. Scott
Silsbee.
The highway was closed for more than two hours for debris removal.
dilo2001gt
2/28/2007 2:17:32 PM
I saw that on the news last night the car was destroyed
tjwheels
3/7/2007 8:10:56 AM
Maybe he simply had his laptop on as a GPS and there was another reason for the accident.
Keep up the good work people .. a couple of million more of these and we'll have ourselves a pretty clean gene pool to work with .. MORONS! As I always say .. I have no problems with this stuff .. let them be idiots as long as they only kill themselves ...
