Woman Admits Cell Phone Led To Fatal Crash

From WLWT.com:

CINCINNATI -- A Bethel woman admitted Monday that she killed a man in an Anderson Township car crash while she looked for her cell phone.

Katrina L. Kimberly

Katrina Kimberly pleaded guilty to one count of vehicular homicide, which carries a possible 180-day jail term.

Her sentencing was scheduled for next month, and police cited her Saturday on an additional charge of driving under a suspended sentence.

Police said Kimberly cross the center lane July 3 on westbound Kellogg Avenue, and her car collided head-on with a vehicle driven by 53-year-old Arthur Stines.

The Walnut Hills man was killed and his brother injured in the crash, which also involved a third car that was unable to avoid the wreck.

Kimberly admitted in court that she had bent down to pick up her cell phone, which had fallen to the floor.