One case of this occurred in Apple Valley, Minnesota where a 29-year-old lady was the driver that caused a fatal crash. On April 6, 2013, Amanda Schlachter was driving a van full of group home residents back to their group home when she “ran a red light at McAndrews Road while entering a number on her cell phone and hit an SUV” (Walsh). Upon impact, the van she was driving “rolled onto its side and struck a third vehicle” (Walsh). One of her passengers, James Sundboom, was killed and a few others were severely injured. As a result of this crash, Schlachter “was charged...with criminal vehicular homicide and three counts of criminal vehicular operation” (Walsh). Now Schlachter has to live with the repercussions of her actions-one man is dead, others are wounded and criminal charges are now on her record. Unfortunately for her, these charges were all caused by one little device that had deadly …show more content…
A police officer from Belleville, Illinois was the guilty party in a crash in 2007 where he was speeding and using his phone. When addressing the family of the two girls that he killed, he states, "I shall forever regret beyond what anyone here knows, why we are here today” (Pistor). The epitome of tragedy is that, in an instant, drivers can destroy the life of a human being with a small battery-charged device. No wonder the police officer felt extreme remorse for his actions. Nothing should take the place of a human