Here’s an absurd case of distracted driving that resulted in someone being killed.
A tractor-trailer driver Saturday morning crashed into a car on Interstate 74 in Indiana when a lens from his eyeglasses fell to the floor, and he reached down to grab it, according to WRTV in Indianapolis. One of the passengers in the car died in the accident.
An Impala had stopped on the side of the highway in Montgomery County so that its passengers could switch drivers, the TV station reported. Unfortunately, at that same time truck driver Max Jackson, 38, of Beech Grove had the problem with his glasses.
When Jackson tried to bent down to pick up his lens, his rig veered to the right and hit the car, according to WRTV.
As a result Hugh Guild, a 24-year-old Indianapolis man, was killed. He was the passenger who had moved from the Impala’s back seat to the front seat to drive, WRTV reported.
The original driver, Christopher Jensen, 21, of Nebraska and passenger Kentrell Vertner, 27, of Nebraska were not hurt in the crash. But front-seat passenger Sheldon Nez, 21, of Arizona, sustained head injuries and was taken to an Indianapolis hospital, according to the TV station.
Authorities didn’t charge Jackson for any violations in the accident.