Article from The Wall Street Journal.
There was a train crash in Spain on July 24, which killed 79 people and injured many more. It was the worst rail accident since the 1940s. The driver was shown to be talking on the phone when the crash happened. Apparently he was lost and "was trying to find out where the hell he was at." He wasn't sure of the route.
Cellphones are known to cause a lot of accidents. In 2008, a Metrolink commuter train in Los Angeles, killing 25 people. A 14-year-old girl talking on her phone was hit by a train at a crossing, also in 2008.
It's sad to see another tragedy with the cause of a cell phone. They already made a law in California to not talk on the cellphone while driving a car, but that doesn't mean that the law shouldn't apply in other countries for other vehicles also.
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