Saturday, October 20, 2007
DUI for hitting train while text messaging
Drunk Driving while text messaging - California DUI criminal defense attorney news
A man is charged with drunk driving after hitting a train while reading a text message.
DUI police say the car driven by 38-year old Robert Gillespie crashed into the side of a Union Pacific freight train about 2 A.M. Tuesday morning.
When officers arrived, Gillespie was trapped in the car but alert and talking.
They learned about the cell phone and text message as they worked to rescue him.
He was charged with DUI - drunk driving.
A man is charged with drunk driving after hitting a train while reading a text message.
DUI police say the car driven by 38-year old Robert Gillespie crashed into the side of a Union Pacific freight train about 2 A.M. Tuesday morning.
When officers arrived, Gillespie was trapped in the car but alert and talking.
They learned about the cell phone and text message as they worked to rescue him.
He was charged with DUI - drunk driving.
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