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JOAN LOWY, Associated Press In this Aug. 5, 2010 file photo, a crumpled vehicle is seen between a school bus and a tractor-trailer near Gray Summit, Mo. Federal safety...
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In this Aug. 5, 2010 file photo, a crumpled vehicle is seen between a school bus and a tractor-trailer near Gray Summit, Mo. Federal safety investigators say a 19-year-old driver was texting at the time his pickup truck, two school buses and other vehicles collided in a deadly pileup on an interstate highway in Missouri last year.
WASHINGTON (AP) — States should ban all driver use of cell phones and other portable electronic devices, except in emergencies, the National Transportation Board said Tuesday.
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The recommendation, unanimously agreed to by the five-member board, applies to both hands-free and hand-held phones and significantly exceeds any existing state laws restricting texting and cellphone use behind the wheel.
The board made the recommendation in connection with a deadly highway pileup in Missouri last year. The board said the initial collision in the accident near Gray Summit, Mo., was caused by the inattention of a 19 year-old-pickup driver who sent or received 11 texts in the 11 minutes immediately before the crash.
The pickup, traveling at 55 mph, collided into the back of a tractor truck that had slowed for highway construction. The pickup was rear-ended by a school bus that overrode the smaller vehicle. A second school bus rammed into the back of the first bus.
The pickup driver and a 15-year-old student on one of the school buses were killed. Thirty-eight other people were injured in the Aug. 5, 2010, accident near Gray Summit, Mo.
About 50 students, mostly members of a high school band from St. James, Mo., were on the buses heading to the Six Flags St. Louis amusement park.
The accident is a "big red flag for all drivers," NTSB chairman Deborah Hersman said at a meeting to determine the cause of the accident and make safety recommendations.
It's not possible to know from cell phone records if the driver was typing, reaching for the phone or reading a text at the time of the crash, but it's clear he was manually, cognitively and visually distracted, she said.
"Driving was not his only priority," Hersman said. "No call, no text, no update is worth a human life."
DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit mother who initiated a standoff earlier this year by refusing to allow Detroit police to remove her daughter from their home will not face criminal charges.
Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Gregory Bill ruled Monday there was not enough evidence to charge Maryanne Godboldo with resisting arrest and shooting a gun off inside her house. Bill agreed with a lower court judge, who threw out the charges in August.
Godboldo was arrested in March after keeping police at bay. She had been battling the Michigan Department of Human Services after she took her daughter off Risperdal, which often is used to contain aggression and treat autism. Her daughter, Ariana, was 13 at the time.
The Wayne County prosecutor's office said it would appeal Monday's ruling.
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