(14:13) SALINAS- Injuries due to smart phone use while walking are on the rise. Recently a San Diego man fell to his death while distracted walking. According to a Salinas hospital’s emergency room physician, deaths from distracted walking are uncommon, but as many as 80 percent of falls are caused by distracted walking, with 52 percent of the injuries occurring at home. At this time distracted walking in public is not illegal just unsafe.
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