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Shyann Ericksen never thought twice about reading text messages while driving, so when her phone pinged while she was making a left turn in Eagan last summer, she reflexively picked it up. It took her three seconds to read the four-word message.
But in that time, an oncoming car entered the intersection of Diffley and Nicols roads. Ericksen didn’t see it; she turned without looking up.
She hit the other vehicle head-on. The impact left Ericksen dazed and shaken and a toddler riding in the other vehicle with a traumatic brain injury.
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