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  • Woman Hit by Train While Looking at Phone and Walking Is Back on Social Media

    02/16/2014 10:19:23 PM PST · by Olog-hai · 50 replies
    ABC News ^ | Feb 15, 2014 8:26pm | Liz Fields
    Liza Dye is a living advertisement for why you shouldn’t walk while engrossed in something on your cell phone, especially before getting on the subway: The 25-year-old New York resident recently learned the hard way that technology can be hazardous to your health. Dye fell onto the tracks in front of an oncoming subway train at New York’s Broadway-Lafayette Station, while engrossed with her phone on Thursday. The oncoming B train stopped short, but not before rolling right over the South Carolina native, who is lucky to be alive. …
  • Tourist distracted by Facebook falls off pier (Melbourne, Australia)

    12/17/2013 11:42:12 PM PST · by Olog-hai · 20 replies
    Associated Press ^ | Dec 18, 2013 1:45 AM EST
    A tourist in Australia had to be rescued by police after plunging off a pier while browsing Facebook on her phone, officials said Wednesday. The woman was walking along a bay in Melbourne on Monday night when she became distracted by her Facebook feed and plummeted off the pier into the chilly water, Victoria state police said. …