These Terrifying Texting And Driving Accidents Will Scare You Into Putting Your Phone Down

Two Lives Cut Short

IMAGE BY: Courtesy of The Maurer Family

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Engrossed with her phone while driving, then-17-year-old Carlee Bollig’s pickup truck sped through a red light and struck the car of Charles Maurer. Bollig’s failure to adhere to the traffic light caused the death of Maurer and his daughter Cassy as they traveled home from their local library. “That is a horrific trauma to go through, even as the driver who caused that incident,” said responding officer Tiffany Schweigart. “You have to live with that the rest of your life.”

 

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