NY College Student Killed in Texting While Driving Accident Car Accident | Seattle Car Crash Attorney

As a Seattle car crash attorney, Washington personal injury lawyer and the founder of Teens Against Distracted Driving I know just how dangerous small distractions can be while driving. It only takes a few distracted seconds to cause a deadly auto accident. Drivers who text keep their eyes off the road twice as long as other drivers and are far more likely to cause a car accident.

On Tuesday, a New York college student was killed in a one-vehicle accident. Officials say Mary E. Kavanaugh was texting when she lost control of her vehicle.

Kavanaugh was driving down Caledonia Road around 1:30 a.m. Investigators say her car drifted to the right side of the road and she overcorrected, causing the vehicle to roll over.

The 22- year-old woman was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle. Sadly, she died instantly at the scene.

She is believed to be the eighth person in western New York to die in a texting related car accident in the last three years.

According to investigators, it is very likely that text messaging is what caused the fatal car accident. Kavanaugh’s cell phone shows that she sent a text message at 1:37 a.m. and received a message at 1:38 a.m., around the time of the accident.

The scene was discovered three hours after the crash at 4:53 a.m.

Investigators are still awaiting the results of a toxicology test to determine if alcohol was contributed to the incident.

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