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US wife unknowingly 'live-tweets' husband's fatal crash | US wife unknowingly 'live-tweets' husband's fatal crash |
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An American woman live-tweeted reports of a fatal car crash, only to find out her husband had been killed in the accident, according to US media. | An American woman live-tweeted reports of a fatal car crash, only to find out her husband had been killed in the accident, according to US media. |
Caran Johnson, of Washington state, was reportedly listening to a police scanner when she learned of the accident, writing it was "horrible". | Caran Johnson, of Washington state, was reportedly listening to a police scanner when she learned of the accident, writing it was "horrible". |
Her tweets became frantic as she realised her husband took that route home, according to the Seattle Times. | Her tweets became frantic as she realised her husband took that route home, according to the Seattle Times. |
"It's him. He died," she later reportedly tweeted. | "It's him. He died," she later reportedly tweeted. |
Washington state authorities confirmed to US media that 47-year-old Craig Johnson had died in Wednesday's accident. | |
His Hyundai Elantra crossed into the other lane on the I-205 highway and struck a Toyota pickup truck. | |
'Panic' | 'Panic' |
A female driver of the Toyota reportedly suffered serious injuries. | A female driver of the Toyota reportedly suffered serious injuries. |
According to reports of Ms Johnson's Twitter feed, @ScanCouver, her husband suffered from epilepsy and had been feeling faint when he left work early on Wednesday afternoon. | According to reports of Ms Johnson's Twitter feed, @ScanCouver, her husband suffered from epilepsy and had been feeling faint when he left work early on Wednesday afternoon. |
"I'm trying not to panic, but my husband left work early and he drives [I-205] to get home. He's not answering his phone," she wrote in tweets captured by Portland-based KGW News. | "I'm trying not to panic, but my husband left work early and he drives [I-205] to get home. He's not answering his phone," she wrote in tweets captured by Portland-based KGW News. |
After receiving confirmation that her husband had been killed in the accident, Mrs Johnson reportedly wrote: "Thank you all so much for the prayers and thoughts. I feel like a block of cement fell on me." | After receiving confirmation that her husband had been killed in the accident, Mrs Johnson reportedly wrote: "Thank you all so much for the prayers and thoughts. I feel like a block of cement fell on me." |
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