It hasn’t made many headlines, but this is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month—and Virginia has announced that more than 24,000 crashes statewide last year were attributed to distracted drivers. Those distractions caused both fatalities and thousands of injuries. And as Virginia Public Radio’s Anne Marie Morgan reports, state officials stress that such accidents can be prevented.
Heavy Toll of Distracted Driving
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