Texting and driving claims another life.
Sad story, A young kid loses his life while pushing his car for gas. A texter kills him by running into him.
RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) -
19-year-old Kyle Rowley ran out of gas on his way home from work around 10:30 at night on May 16th 2011. He put on his flashers and was pushing his car to the side of the road when another driver, at full speed-never braking, crashed into him. He was killed instantly.
Meryl and Carl Rowley got that stomach dropping 4:30 a.m. knock on the door from police. “There’s a part of me that’s gone. There’s a part of me that’s… I remember one time I said, ‘There’s no way I’ll ever be as happy as I could be again,’” said Carl.
The crash happened on Route 7 in northern Virginia. Kyle was less than a mile from reaching home. ”I still find it hard to believe that he’s not here,” said Meryl.
He died on a well-lit straightaway. Other cars passed him with no problem. Police later determined, through phone records, the other driver had been texting and opened a text message at the moment of the crash.
“This is vehicular manslaughter. You kill someone because you’re not looking,” says Carl.
A young kid loses his life while pushing his car for gas.
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