Plastic Surgeon Crashes Vehicle and Dies Moments After Twitter Session About Dog
August 19th, 2010Via: CBS:
Police in California are investigating if famed plastic surgeon Dr. Frank Ryan’s death on Monday in a car crash in Malibu was the result of distracted driving from texting and tweeting at the wheel.
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Ryan died while driving the Pacific Coast Highway when his Jeep Wrangler went off the road, landing on its rooftop. Only moments before, Ryan was sending pictures and updates to his Twitter page, including one about his dog, which read, “Border collie Jill surveying the view from atop the sand dune.”
Before that, Ryan wrote, “After 25 years of driving by, I finally hiked to the top of the giant sand dune on the PCH west of Malibu.”
Authorities have yet to determine if his texting contributed to the crash.
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certainly will be included in my forthcoming book, Hollywood Tweeticides.
http://www.tmz.com/2010/08/18/dr-frank-ryan-dead-death-dying-candlelight-vigil-friends-family-malibu-video/