Crime & Safety

Police: Texting Driver Causes Accident

No one was injured in the accident.

said that the driver of a four-door Toyota was texting on a cell phone before the car flipped through the air and was overturned after hitting a Pontiac Vibe trying to turn into the on Township Line Road Monday afternoon.

Police said that while it is still an ongoing investigation, no one was injured in the two-car accident, but did say that the driver of the Toyota was texting. The driver was taken to a local hospital for evaluation, but was OK, the police said. The accident happen at around 3 p.m.

The driver of the Pontiac, who wished to remain anonymous, told the Haverford-Havertown Patch that he was OK, but a little shaken up.

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He said that he was on the westbound lane of Township Line Road and was about to pull into the Goodyear store when the accident happened.

"I heard a noise and then saw a car up in the air," said eyewitness and owner of the GoodYear Tim Shook.

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was on the scene to help with the clean up.

Both cars were towed away.


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