Text-messaging driver hits parked patrol car
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Kelsey Hazlewood
The Arizona Republic
Jun. 27, 2007 03:15 PM
A Gilbert woman who was text messaging while driving hit a parked patrol car that had its emergency lights flashing early Wednesday morning, authorities said Wednesday.
Department of Public Service Sgt. Annette Reyes-Miller was in her marked patrol car in the eastbound lanes of Loop 202 between Santan and Gilbert roads providing traffic safety at a Department of Transportation construction site. The patrol vehicle was parked behind the construction crew with the emergency lights flashing, according to officials.
Authorities believe Gilbert resident Jenna R. Meyers, 22, drove her Chevrolet Blazer directly into the patrol car at about 12:15 a.m.
Reyes-Miller was taken to an area hospital for facial bruises and chest pain, officials said.
Meyers told officers on the scene that she had been text messaging when the accident occurred. Officers also believe impairment was a factor.
Charges for Meyers are pending.
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I really think they should make an example out of this idiot. Not only is she extremely irresponsible, but she hurt a cop.