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Why Does Everyone Still Text and Drive, Despite the Dangers?
Angelina Holloway was a bubbly, 19-year-old had a bright future ahead of her. She had just graduated from high school, was in love, and had plans to travel to Uganda as a missionary.
While driving home on April 18, 2016, Angelina decided to send a quick text to her boyfriend.
At 2:11 pm, she wrote: “I can’t wait to see you this weekend!”
At 2:15 pm, a deputy located Angelina’s totaled car, her dead body, and her phone.
Investigators determined that she had veered off the road and smashed into a tree. Angelina died on impact, but her memory still remains alive in her mother, Marvalene Corlett. Corlett is devastated — not only because she will never see Angelina again, but because her daughter “knew better”.
Marvalene Corlett has since launched the #JustDriveCitrus campaign with the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office. Those who drive along Highway 41 are haunted by pictures of Angelina’s face as well as the last text message she ever sent. If Corlett can prevent just one person from making the same mistake her daughter did, the campaign will be a success.
