Trucker crashes while texting on one phone AND talking on another

[Blue_Tires]

A tow-truck driver who crashed into a car and ended up in a swimming pool was texting on one mobile phone while he was speaking on another, police said.
Nicholas Sparks, 25, admitted he was texting and talking when his vehicle struck the car on Wednesday morning in the upstate Oxford town of Lockport.
One of the cars it was towing flew off and struck a house, crushing the air conditioner and gas main, according to Fire Chief Barry Kobrin.


'It took out three or four sections of fence, and there’s some structural damage to the house,' Kobrin said.
One of the motorcycles being towed flew off the truck, landing underneath the car on the lawn.
The tow truck ended up with its front end in the home’s in-ground pool.
The homeowner, who asked not to be named, said it sounded 'like a bomb went off.'
He was upstairs with his two five-year-old daughters at the time of the crash. When he looked outside and saw the devastation, he said one thought went through his mind: 'I was thankful (the girls) weren’t swimming.'
Police say the 68-year-old Lily White driving the car suffered head injuries and was last night said to be in good condition in hospital.
Her eight-year-old niece suffered minor injuries.
Kobrin said the child was especially lucky to escape without serious injury.
Sparks was charged with reckless driving, talking on a mobile phone and following too closely.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1203395/Pictured-Trucker-crashes-swimming-pool-texting-mobile-phone-talking-another.html#ixzz0Ms1DhoZI

despite being in the Daily Mail, this happened in upstate NY

[Ikonoklast]

1. A 'tow' or 'recovery vehicle' operator is not a 'trucker'.

You may as well call anyone that drives a pickup truck a 'trucker'.

If that vehicle doesn't have air brakes, it takes no special commercial license or endorsement to operate. Anyone could drive one.