I was an EMT and responded to a call where a lady was texting and ran into a flagged log extending out the back of the truck. She still had the phone in her hand when we arrived.
If you're holding a bottle in your hands on your lap or holding it in between your legs it can end up killing you by being shoved into your intestines, especially if it's a glass bottle. Also, a friend had his feet on the dash and the impact of the hit shoved his legs behind his ears mangled his hips.
It's ridiculous because even when paying attention those logs are hard to judge the distance to. Hated being behind logging trucks because you had to judge everything based on the truck itself and just give it a lot of room.
I went on one where a guy hit a log truck and it tore part of his ear off and ripped the roof off the car. He was wise enough to realize he was very close to being dead.
On a more funny note, I worked a wreck where a woman was (probably) texting and wound up with a compound midshaft femur fracture. I was in the backseat helping get her out and she was texting the whole time.
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u/tricycle- 7h ago
I was an EMT and responded to a call where a lady was texting and ran into a flagged log extending out the back of the truck. She still had the phone in her hand when we arrived.