Parents hope photo of son's last text before dying serves
as warning to others who text and drive
Police hold a picture of Alexander Heit's phone and the last text he was composing before he crashed.
Posted:
04/11/2013
Last
Updated: 28 minutes ago
GREELEY,
Colo. - Alexander Heit's final text cut off in mid-sentence.
Before he could send it, police say the 22-year-old University of Northern Colorado student drifted into oncoming traffic, jerked the steering wheel and went off the road, rolling his car.
Before he could send it, police say the 22-year-old University of Northern Colorado student drifted into oncoming traffic, jerked the steering wheel and went off the road, rolling his car.
Heit died shortly after the April 3 crash in Greeley, but his parents and police are hoping the photo of the mundane text on his iPhone will serve as a stark reminder to drivers that no text is worth it.
The
photo, obtained by 7NEWS, shows Heit was responding to a friend by typing
"Sounds good my man, seeya soon" followed by a few random letters.
That was the exact moment he crashed.
“I can’t bear the thought of anyone else having to go through
something like this,” mother Sharon Heit wrote in a statement released by
Greeley Police. “Please, vow to never, NEVER text
and drive. In a split second you could ruin your future, injure or kill others,
and tear a hole in the heart of everyone who loves you.”
Heit,
who is originally from Boulder, had a spotless driving record and was not
speeding. Sharon Heit said her son was a good student who was kind, well liked
and funny.
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