A truck driver has struck two pedestrians in a fatal accident because he was distracted playing Pokemon Go.
Pokemon Go has surely been the phenomenon of 2016, but its popularity has had an unpleasant set of side effects. Masses of players have been a nuisance in public places at times, while some have suffered injuries from falls and accidents whilst not paying attention to the surroundings.
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Originally posted by hearme0: Knew this was gonna happen.........Who knew?......c'mon now........who knew?!
Thinking we all knew :)
We all knew, but these people are idiots anyway. If it wasn't Pokemon Go, they probably would be driving while SMS-ing, or Facebooking, or whatever and still had the same result.
It's just a shame they took someone else out, instead of themselves.
Originally posted by hearme0: Knew this was gonna happen.........Who knew?......c'mon now........who knew?!
Thinking we all knew :)
We all knew, but these people are idiots anyway. If it wasn't Pokemon Go, they probably would be driving while SMS-ing, or Facebooking, or whatever and still had the same result.
It's just a shame they took someone else out, instead of themselves.
Yup - and there will be more deaths to come - sad enough there will be more accidents, but no - so long as people believe they have magical senses that allows them to be aware of all regardless of the dangers, there will always be senseless tragedies.
