Distracted driving - and deaths - spike in 2015

Safety consultant Tom Goeltz warns thousands of people a year against the perils of distracted driving — but he was powerless to save his 22-year-old daughter from the threat.

Megan Goeltz, a single mother, was killed in a crash believed to have been the result of a distracted driver. Goeltz was at a stop sign near Afton when another car went airborne and slammed into her Ford Fusion Feb. 29, according to the State Patrol. Goeltz was 13 weeks pregnant when she died.

Her father and mother now help take care of Megan’s 3-year-old, Paisley, while grieving the loss of their daughter and her unborn child.

http://www.startribune.com/distracted-driving-and-deaths-spike-in-2015/385060431/