20 Year Old Keisha Wall Convicted Of Death After Texting While Driving

Texting while driving isn't just a problem in the US. Keisha Wall, a 20 year old from the UK, was sentenced by a judge to two and a half years after she struck and killed an elderly woman in her Suzuki Jimmy 4x4. 
Wall was checking a text message while driving when she lost control of her car striking the 63 year-old Christine Lyon pinning her against a wall.  Wall’s passenger, her mother, who ironically is a driving instructor, was present during the collision.

Wall had passed her driving test eight months before the collision, was convicted of causing death by dangerous driving.
The Reading Crown Court found that she had been texting consistently before the accident and had received a text message within one minute of the accident.
The judge ruled that Wall had received the text message and attempted to read it, causing her to lose control of the vehicle, and said that there is no excuse for anyone using a mobile phone behind the wheel.
Wall had ‘deprived a loving family of their mother and grandmother and a husband of his wife of more than 40 years’, said Judge Stephen John, as he sent her to a young offenders’ institute.