AP) Authorities say a man who appeared to be driving while using
his laptop computer died Monday when his vehicle crossed into
oncoming traffic near Yuba City and collided with a Hummer.
California Highway Patrol officers investigating the accident say
they found the victim's computer still running and plugged into the
cigarette lighter of his Honda Accord.
The name of the dead man, a 28-year-old computer tutor from Chico,
Calif., has not yet been released.
Police say the couple inside the Hummer escaped the collision with
bumps and bruises.
The crash, near the intersection of highways 99 and 113 about 30
miles north of Sacramento, totaled both vehicles and closed a
section of Highway 99 south of Yuba City for about two hours.
