Texting teen dies in first drive by herself

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http://www.wbtv.com/story/22276100/person-dies-in-wreck-in-cass-county

HARRISONVILLE, MO (KCTV) -
She had just turned 16 years old last week, and her family had allowed her for the first time to drive alone.

Savannah Nash was en route Thursday afternoon to the grocery store to pick up items for the family dinner when her vehicle slammed into a semi. She died at the scene.

She was texting when the crash happened, the Missouri Highway Patrol says. An unsent lengthy text was found on her phone.

[calimary]

1. Aw DAMN. Just DAMN.

Sixteen. And she's GONE.

DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Brigid]

2. And how many times . . .

Did her parents warn her not to do that?

[DevonRex]

7. It never matters.

Honestly, they tune us out like we're fucking idiots 90% of the time. That's the truth.

[Whisp]

11. That saying:

A kid talks about his parents when he's 16 years old. He thinks they are the dumbest creatures on the planet but by the time he is 21 he is really surprised how much they learned.

[DevonRex]

15. Yep.

That's about right. I'd probably extend it to 25 these days. They seem to be maturing a bit more slowly as a whole. Probably our fault, though. We've wanted them to have it better than we did so they've learned some hard lessons a little later, too.

Which actually means that we're the ones who learned a hard lesson later than our parents did. When you think about it...

[nebenaube]

3. maybe, maybe not...

the presence of an unsent text probably means she had Verizon as a Carrier.

[MrSlayer]

4. I still think 16 is way too young to drive.

I thought so when I was a kid and continue to believe it. What a shame.

[marions ghost]

9. It should be 18

but since we have so little public transportation....

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. .

[Daemonaquila]

6. Bummer.

But gee, texting made such a difference? How about the kids who die on their first or second drive who don't text? Someone wants to draw conclusions...

[postulater]

8. Tragic for everyone involved.

I am fortunate that I have never had any of my children, my five siblings, their spouses, in-laws or their children be involved in any tragedy close to this.

Life over in an instant. Thud.

[kiva]

10. My first sympathy is for the semi driver,

who has to spend the rest of their life knowing they accidentally, through no fault of their own, killed someone. My next thought is about all of the other cars around this girl who could also have been victims of her selfishness. And yes, I feel sorry for her family because this is a horrific thing thing for them to have to deal with.

[loli phabay]

12. i had four people texting the other day, everyone of them failed to maintain lane

They could quite easily have had a head on, the problem is so prevalent that you can pretty much tell who is texting just by the number of times they cross the dividing line.

[leftyladyfrommo]

13. They're not really sure she was texting.

They found her phone with a long uncompleted text But she may have just started to text and then layed the phone down on the seat while she was driving. Her friends and family all say that she was always careful and a real rule follower.

Her parents had given her the car for her 16th birthday.

That stretch of road is bad. I think she had an uncle that was killed at the same place. She pulled out right in front of an oncoming semi.

Harrisonville is a pretty small town. She was a popular young woman that everyone liked. So, of course, everyone is really upset. I know it made me very sad when I opened the paper and read that story.

[HangOnKids]

16. It Is A Very Common Rookie Driving Mistake Misjudging The Speed Of Oncoming Traffic

My late Father pounded that into the heads of all his kids, if at all in doubt just wait! So sorry for everyone involved.

[leftyladyfrommo]

18. That's what I think may have happened.

You know how you look left and then look right and then forget to look left again? And I think traffic on that road travels fast.

I just feel so badly for everyone here. That poor truck driver who was just driving down the road, the family, all the kids in her school.

It was just an awful thing.

[Enrique]

14. nightmare n/t

[alp227]

17. Wait, a LENGTHY text??

Can anyone say Darwin Award? Using a phone while driving = bad enough, but A LONG message? That is a depth of unbelievable STUPID.

[npk]

19. I really believe that so many young people do not understand how dangerous driving a car is...

They view it as a right of passage or as something that is fun. While there was time I thought just like this, now that I have been driving for well over three decades, I can tell you that I view driving as a very stressful and dangerous, hassle; something that I try to avoid as much as I possibly can.

My heart goes out to the family who lost their daughter.