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: Portland Personal Injury LawyerCar and Train Collide Because of Text-Massaging Driver
By Jenny Albano
An Oregon man crashed into a freight train on Tuesday, October 16 at around 2 a.m. The driver, Robert Gillespie, and the crew on-board the train were not seriously injured.
Gillespie told rescue workers that he was using his cell phone to send a text message while they were trying to release him from the demolished vehicle. He has been charged with drunken driving and careless driving. It is also believed that Gillespie was driving over the 35mph speed limit at the time of the accident.
Full post as published by Portland Personal Injury Lawyer on October 18, 2007 (boomark / email).
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