Man Crashes into Cop Car While Playing Pokemon GO
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Pokemon Go has made a lot of people do stupid things, but this one really took the cake for us. Bodycam footage from the Baltimore police shows a driver playing the game completely blindside a cop car after flying through an intersection.
#PokemonGO is not all fun and games. Here is a video of a distracted driver who struck one of our cars. #PlaySafe pic.twitter.com/kOTfbTcILo
— Baltimore Police (@BaltimorePolice) July 19, 2016
Nice job, buddy.
No one appeared to be hurt in the accident. After getting out of the car, officers recorded the young man saying, “That’s what I get for playing this dumb a** game.”
There hasn’t yet been word stating whether charges were pressed or not.
Using your phone while driving is just generally dumb behavior. So don’t do it. Don’t risk someone else’s life for the sake of beating a little boredom on your commute. It’s extremely dangerous, and it can wait until you pull over or arrive at your destination. Just the other day, a distracted driver crashed his car into a tree. Here’s what his car looked like afterwards:
