YouTube Shares in the Making: Increase in Walking While Texting Injuries
Agency claims more than 1,100 seek treatment over accidents involving handhelds.
One woman walked off a pier while texting. Another strolled into a water fountain. Americans continue to flirt with death as their love affair with smartphones and other electronic devices flourishes, a government agency says.
According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, more than 1,150 people — a number that has quadrupled in the last seven years — were treated in emergency rooms in the United States last year after accidents with handhelds.
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