Texting causes crash

On Nov. 28 around 8:15 p.m., a collision between two cars at the intersection of Le Corbusier and Saint-Martin boulevards put three people in hospital. Texting at the wheel is being blamed.
A woman eastbound on Saint-Martin lost control of her car, went through a red light, and collided with two vehicles heading south on Le Corbusier. For some of the victims the injuries were quite serious: a perforated lung and a possible hip fracture. No one’s life was in danger, however.
According to Di Genova, the woman driving the car that went through the red light admitted to police that she had been texting on a smartphone while driving.
She was issued tickets for burning the red light and also for texting. Texting at the wheel falls under section 439.1 of Quebec’s highway code, which also covers the handheld use of cellphones while driving. The penalty for both is a $115 fine and three demerit points.