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CBS News Chapel Hill, N.C. - Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced a new plan Thursday to fight what he calls a national epidemic. Distracted driving crashes killed more than 3,000 Americans in 2010 and injured 416,000 others. Part of the government s plan involves tougher laws.Two years ago, 23-year-old Krista Slough was walking to a bus stop when she was hit by a car. A witness told her the driver was on a cell phone.CDC: Majority of older teens text while drivingLaws on, convictions of texting drivers increase I think this is where my shoes were found, said Slough pointing to the scene of the accident. I think I fell to about that tree. I don t remember any of this. It s just from hearing from other people. A brain hemorrhage forced her to miss a year of college. She has chronic headaches and memory lapses. One of the most, one of the hardest parts of hav
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