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Spreading the word about the dangers of texting and driving
Posted: 11.20.2012 at 1:05 PM
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Colonel Mark McDonough the Commissioner of Georgia's Department of Public Safety says people need to stop texting, wear their seatbelts, stop speeding and designate a sober driver when they're drinking to make sure that doesn't happen.  / Colby Gallagher
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Nine days before Christmas in 2009, Alex Sorohan's family was told her brother, Caleb, was killed instantly in a head-on collision. It wasn't until five days later they were told the crash was Caleb's fault because he was texting.

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