At 1:15 a.m., the motor vehicle collided with a parked truck after running a red light
at excessive speed. Weather conditions were clear. Two victims were taken to the
emergency room by emergency services after treatment on the scene. The
passenger in the vehicle, a 20-year-old female, sustained severe facial cuts and a
broken forearm. The driver of the vehicle, a 19-year-old female, suffered a broken leg
and broken ribs as well as a shattered wrist with severe bleeding from the arm.
Neither victim had a seat belt in place at the time of first responder arrival. The
stereo system in the vehicle had been on before the accident, and the sole witness
to the crash recalls clearly hearing music from the vehicle as it passed. The
passenger reported that she was talking to the driver, her friend, and was texting
with another friend in another part of town. The officer responding found the
passenger's phone in her purse, while the driver's phone was found on the floor of
the vehicle after it had been used to call emergency services by the driver of the
vehicle. It's possible it was the driver texting and not the passenger. The vehicle has
been towed and is probably a total loss. There is significant damage to the
unoccupied parked truck, and the owner has been notified. On the strength of the
witness statements, the driver is being charged with speeding, distracted driving,
and failure to observe traffic signals. (8 points)