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SEMINOLE – Over the past several years, automobile accidents in Gaines County have increased. Both Fire Chief D.A. Dagley and Emergency Management Director Robert Barrett blame distracted driving. One of the culprits, as expected is the cell phone.Barrett said he recently attended a Permian Basin Strategic Road Safety Class where the presenter said that the deceased as a phone in their and in many of the fatal crashes he has witnessed.Statistics show that it takes three seconds to look down at a text, and in those three seconds a vehicle can go over 100 yards. “So, if something happens in ...

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Lamesa Press-Reporter

P.O. Box 710
Lamesa, TX 79331
806-872-2177