Chicago Woman Killed in Car Crash
Katie McGuire, 20, of Chicago, IL was returning home on Monday to register to vote. She was killed in a car crash on 1-57 before she reached home.
McGuire was traveling north on 1-57. According to police she became distracted trying to locate her phone inside the car. McGuire’s car veered onto the right shoulder of 1-57. McGuire attempted to get her car back in her lane, but over corrected. Her car then went into the southbound lane. According to Illinois State Police, McGuire’s car collided with a care and a semi-trailer traveling in the opposite direction.
The accident occurred at 11:08 pm. McGuire was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. Danielle Johnson, 21, a passenger in McGuire’s car was seriously injured and taken to Riverside Healthcare in Kankakee, IL . The drivers of the other vehicles in the accident were not injured.
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According to a journal published by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, the distraction of using a cell phone while driving causes approximately 2,600 deaths and 333,000 injuries in the US every year.
The reason is now obvious:
A person driving and talking on cell phones are 18 percent slower when reacting brake lights While these drivers kept a 12 percent greater following distance, it also took them 17 percent longer to regain the speed they lost when they braked.
