VIDEO: Texting While Driving Has Claimed Another Victim

32-year-old Courtney Ann Sanford lost her life after crashing her car while posting on Facebook.

When will we understand that safety is the most important thing while we’re driving?

The only thing we should be focused on is paying attention to the road and nothing else!

Read Courtney’s full story below, provided by icreative.am.

32-year-old Courtney Ann Sanford took her red Toyota Corolla to work one day in April 2014.

Suddenly, Pharell William’s hit song “Happy” came on the radio. As she was in a good mood that day and loved the song, she grabbed her cell, took a ‘selfie’ – and uploaded the pic to Facebook – writing how happy the song made her.

“The happy song makes me HAPPY!”, Courtney wrote under the photo she posted of herself on her Facebook page.

This Facebook status would be the last Courtney ever wrote.

That’s because when she took the picture and wrote the text, she had not stopped her car. She did all of it while she was driving.

And while Courtney’s eyes stared down at her phone, her Toyota steered over the center line and across the street – towards oncoming traffic.

Courtney crashed with a ten ton heavy truck while driving at 40 miles an hour. Her car went off to the side of the road, crashed into a tree and then set on fire.

She died immediately, leaving behind her parents and two brothers.

Courtney had a promising career in healthcare, but one small terrible decision cost her everything.

After being identified, her family and friends were questioned by the police. That’s when they learned that she’d posted something on Facebook just around the time when the accident occurred.

At closer glance, the police saw that the Facebook post had been posted just a few seconds before Courtney’s fatal accident.

“The Facebook text happened at 8:33 a.m. We got the call on the wreck at 8:34 a.m.,” Lt. Chris Weisner from the High Point Police told MyFox8.

The police found Courtney’s cell phone at the scene of the accident. The Facebook entry still appeared on the screen: “The happy song makes me HAPPY!”

When the police spoke to the media about the tragic accident, they urged the public about the importance of never using cell phones while driving.

According to edgarsnyder.com, the numbers illustrating the dangers of cell phone use while driving are downright startling. In fact, at any given time throughout the day, approximately 660,000 drivers are attempting to use their phones while behind the wheel of an automobile.

Smartphones have made it easy for us to stay connected at all times. But that can pose serious safety risks if someone decides to check his or her text messages, emails, phone calls, or any other mobile applications while driving.

Cell phone distraction rates are alarmingly high. We hope with a little information, you’ll make the right decision when you’re on the road.

The National Safety Council reports that cell phone use while driving leads to 1.6 million crashes each year.

Nearly 330,000 injuries occur each year from accidents caused by texting while driving.