Darwin begs her readers to keep off your cell phones when you drive! How many times have you seen an erratic driver with a phone to his ear? You are just as erratic while talking on your phone! For your own safety, and the safety of those around you, HANG UP WHEN YOU START THE ENGINE.

Brothers on cell phones meet in head-on collision

By Rebecca Goldfine , Staff Writer Friday, October 6, 2006

PARIS - Two brothers from Paris traveling in different vehicles were speaking to each other on cell phones when the vehicles collided head-on on Paris Hill Road this week.

"They were talking on cell phones, discussing where they were," Dailey said. "And then they met each other."

Grady Guy, 18, was driving north and talking on his cell phone to his brother Luke Guy, 17, who was riding in their father William's pickup headed south, Lt. Michael Dailey said.

Grady drifted into the southbound lane and met his father's truck. William swerved his pickup to the left to try to avoid hitting Grady's Jeep just as Grady steered his vehicle back into the northbound lane, the officer said. The head-on collision totaled Grady's 1994 Jeep Cherokee and William's 1998 Ford pickup.

Abigail Lavine, 17, of Hooper Ledge Road in Paris, a passenger with Grady, suffered back fractures, Dailey said. She and Grady, who suffered back pain, were taken to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, which did not release information on their conditions Thursday night.

William, 46, who lives with his sons on Mt. Mica Road and works for the town highway department, was treated at Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway for a hand injury, Dailey said. Luke was also treated there.

None of those involved were wearing seat belts, Dailey said.

The crash occurred around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday about a quarter mile from Route 26.

Dailey said intoxication did not appear to be a factor in the crash, and he was not able to determine the speed of the vehicles. The accident remains under investigation, he said.

Submitted on 10/06/2006

Submitted by: Joe Marshall
Reference: Lewiston Sun Journal October 6

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James said:
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Thanks, Joe! (BTW this happened in Maine, not France!). The visual here is just TOO funny! These two "crash dummies" are, IMO, poster children for why people shouldn't yak on their cel phones while driving! Had this been an incident involving one person, I'd have written it off as too common...but TWO people? And BROTHERS, yet, even?? "Thar's stupidity in that thar famb'ly, that's fer sure!" :-)

Jorge said:
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Priceless!!!

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