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Saturday, November 14, 2026Nov 14

If you walk and use a phone, watch out

By MATT RICHTEL

c.2010 New York Times News Service

SAN FRANCISCO – On the day of the collision last December, visibility was good. The sidewalk was not under repair. As she walked, Tiffany Briggs, 25, was talking to her grandmother on her cell phone, lost in conversation.

Very lost.

“I ran into a truck,” Briggs said.