Woman posts "The Happy Song makes me so HAPPY.", dies seconds later.

[Syt]

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/04/facebooking-and-driving/361267/

The Saddest Facebook Status

At 8:33 A.M. on Thursday, a 32-year-old woman driving to work in High Point, North Carolina, took out her phone and posted to Facebook:

The Happy Song makes me so HAPPY.

At 8:34 A.M., police were notified of a crash.

In the moment she posted the message, the woman crossed over the median of Interstate 85 and collided with an oncoming recycling truck. She died.

71 percent of young Americans say they have written a message while driving. In 2012, an estimated 3,328 Americans died in crashes related to distracted driving.

[DGuller]

Fake.  The message doesn't truncate at the end.

[Iormlund]

Would have been much better if she had hit a pillar or something. Hopefully the dude at the truck is ok.

[mongers]

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/04/facebooking-and-driving/361267/

The Saddest Facebook Status

At 8:33 A.M. on Thursday, a 32-year-old woman driving to work in High Point, North Carolina, took out her phone and posted to Facebook:

The Happy Song makes me so HAPPY.

At 8:34 A.M., police were notified of a crash.

In the moment she posted the message, the woman crossed over the median of Interstate 85 and collided with an oncoming recycling truck. She died.

71 percent of young Americans say they have written a message while driving. In 2012, an estimated 3,328 Americans died in crashes related to distracted driving.

Maybe the world is slightly Happier without her?

Because her reckless behaviour could have killed any number of other people. As it was she hit a substantial vehicle so the other driver wasn't so badly off, any indications of his injuries ?
Though being involved in fatal crash still can't be a nice experience. 

[Syt]

Because her reckless behaviour could have killed any number of other people. As it was she hit a substantial vehicle so the other driver wasn't so badly off, any indications of his injuries ?

Daily Wail says he was unharmed.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2614151/The-happy-song-makes-HAPPY-32-year-old-woman-dead-Facebook-post-driving-leads-crash.html

Woman, 32, dies in head on crash seconds after Facebook post from behind wheel about how she loved Pharrell hit Happy

    Courtney Sanford was actively using Facebook while driving in the minutes leading to her crash, police said
    She died only seconds after her final post

A 32-year-old North Carolina woman is dead after slamming her car head-on into a truck while posting selfies and a Facebook update about how happy she was while listening to a Pharrell song.

Courtney Sanford, of High Point, crossed the center median of a busy road Thursday morning just after making the post, hit a recycling truck and died, police said. Further inspection of her phone revealed pictures posted online only minutes earlier.

The last words Sanford shared with her friends? 'The happy song makes me HAPPY.'

Authorities said the post, visible only to her friends, was made at 8.33 a.m., the first 911 call received about the crash was one minute later.

'In a matter of seconds, a life was over just so she could notify some friends that she was happy,' a police spokesperson told WGHB.

Footage from the scene showed Sanford's car had careened off the road into a ditch near some trees. The recycling truck was only feet away, also in the grass.

Sanford's car caught on fire after running off the road. The truck hit a tree.

Authorities believe she was traveling at about 45 mph at the time of the accident. Alcohol and drugs have been ruled out as a cause, but police are still running a toxicology report to confirm, sources told WFMY.

She died instantly, cops said. The truck driver was unharmed.

Investigators also discovered a series of selfies posted by the woman while she was driving, police said.

'As sad as it is, it is a grim reminder for everyone... you just have to pay attention while you are in the car,' the spokesperson added.

Sanford was wearing a seat belt, police said, but it fastened improperly.

It is not clear if wearing the restraint correctly would have saved her life.

[Brazen]

The moral is never tell anyone you're happy.

[Tamas]

I just cannot understand how somebody can be so utterly stupid as to start texting during driving.

[Malthus]

Well, at least we know for sure she died happy. Can't say that of too many folks.

[Berkut]

Damn, that is fucked up.

[PDH]

Screw dying happy.

When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did -- in his sleep. Not yelling and screaming like the passengers in his car.

[Richard Hakluyt]

 

[The Brain]

Screw dying happy.

When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did -- in his sleep. Not yelling and screaming like the passengers in his car.

[Legbiter]

Aren't chicks supposed to be good at multitasking?

[Valmy]

Well that is horrible.  Just glad nobody else was hurt.

What is up with songs that sound like they are from 1979 being hits recently?  First the retro Bruno Mars song last year now this Stevie Wonder sounding song this year.

[The Brain]

Why wasn't the title "katmai posts 'The Happy Song makes me so HAPPY.', dies of AIDS seconds later"?