EXCERPT: “Gannon is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the second degree, third degree assault, and texting while driving.”

LINK TO FULL ARTICLE:

• http://fox4kc.com/2012/04/19/serious-charges-for-teen-accused-of-texting-in-fatal-accident/

“Our senior Health Class is working on a major research project in order to prepare for a presentation to the student body about distracted driving. We will be graded not only on our presentation but our research. We wanted to thank you for the great resources you complied together on http://otterapp.com/about.php. A few of the groups working together found them very useful!

On behalf of the entire senior health class, we wanted to offer our own research that you can add to the resources we found so helpful. Our teacher, Mrs. Charles, is a strong believer in sharing information if it will benefit others. We feel as a class that distracted driving prevention is extremely important to understand for safety, so we hope that those who are still passionate about it will continue to spread knowledge and information that may save a life. Our teacher suggested we write to you as a class, and if you add our research, she will reward us with extra credit towards our final grade (the project ends Wednesday). There were 12 students that made this list, and we all gave you the best of the best resources, since we wanted to make sure it would be useful for others.”

http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/
http://trafficsafety.org/safety/risk/distracted-driving-resources
http://www.partsgeek.com/models/teen_driving_issues.html
http://www.dontserveteens.gov/dangers.html
http://www.drinkaware.co.uk/facts/drink-driving
http://www.osha.gov/distracted-driving/resources.html
http://www.theantidrug.com/resources/impaired-driving.aspx
http://www.distraction.gov/
http://trafficsafety.org/safety/risk/impaired-driving-resources

“Thank you for all of your help with our health class. Please help spread awareness about distracted driving to support Distracted Driving Awareness Month!”

LINK TO FULL ARTICLE:

• http://www.nwcn.com/home/?fId=145241345&fPath=/news/local&fDomain=10227

Read this article and think twice about Text and Drive with a loved one….or anyone for that matter:

• http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/03/girlfriends-final-texts-a-warning-on-distracted-driving/

LINK TO ARTICLE FROM MSNBC:

• Parents of teen who died texting and driving: ‘Kids think they’re invincible’

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LINK TO FULL ARTICLE:

• http://www.semissourian.com/story/1821915.html

Text and Drive continues in younger generation:

READ ARTICLE HERE:

• Students continue to text and drive despite laws

EXCERPT FROM ARTICLE: “They also determined that data from the car’s airbags show smith never braked and likely never saw the bus before impact.”

LINK TO ARTICLE:

• http://kaaltv.com/article/stories/S2491086.shtml?cat=10218

EXCERPT FROM ARTICLE: “Investigators said Johnston lost control of her car and went through a grass median before a semi-truck heading east broadsided her at about 70 mph.”

LINK TO FULL ARTICLE:

EXCERPT FROM ARTICLE: “State police say a southern Indiana teenager was texting before she lost control of her car and it crashed, killing her.”

LINK TO FULL ARTICLE:

• http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-in-texting-fatalcras,0,1436286.story