According to other articles, she’s being charged as a juvenile. The max penalty is $1,000 and/or six months in jail. Since this is the first person she’s killed, she’ll probably get a fine along with a stern warning if she kills two more people, she’s in big trouble.
I agree she was probably texting and I can't count the number of times when I have practically had to climb the walls of buildings to get out of the way of negligent texters.
Talking on a cellphone is bad enough, but at least then the person can keep an eye on what they are doing. When they text, they have a minimum of one hand AND both eyes busy.
I have no sympathy for this dumb kid. She killed a man because she was not paying attention.