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Saturday, October 21, 2017

Minnesota teen used Snapchat before killing cyclist

A teenage driver was using Snapchat just 50 seconds before crashing into a cyclist and killing him.

Paige Elizabeth Narveson, 16, of Southern Minnesota drove into 56-year-old Phillip Andrew Ilg on June 17 and has been charged with reckless driving and criminal vehicular homicide.

According to a juvenile delinquency petition Narveson's Ford Explorer, which was traveling around 60mph on State Highway 25, was driving west when she hit the man, CBS News reports.

Forensic examination of her phone showed she had been using Snapchat just before the crash.

Onlookers at the scene told officials that Narveson swerved over the fog line and onto the hard shoulder before smashing into the cyclist.

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