Two vehicles, a trailer and a tree were all part of a serious game of bumper cars when a 50-year-old Cranbrook woman decided to look at her phone while driving yesterday afternoon.

At about 4:45 p.m. (April 5), Cranbrook RCMP received a call of an accident on 14^th Avenue where a vehicle had ended up on the front lawn of a residence.

The female driver was travelling north on 14^th when she looked down at her cell phone to see the incoming call. While looking at her cell phone she struck a parked vehicle. The airbags in the vehicle were working at the time and deployed. The driver then went across the road, hit a second vehicle while unable to see and landed next to a travel trailer.

“The driver was not seriously injured but the potential was there for serious injury to not only herself but others in the vicinity,” said Cst. Katie Forgeron, adding, “14^th Avenue is a busy street at any time of day but during rush hour there is the potential not only for other vehicles but young children and students to be in the area and on the sidewalks.”

“Cranbrook RCMP would like to remind motorists that distracted driving is one of the leading causes of motor vehicle crashes and deaths. Leave the phone alone,” Forgeron said.

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