Why that text can wait: Cell phone-related pedestrian injuries on the rise

The age group most at risk for cell-phone related injuries while walking is adults under 30 — and chiefly those between the ages of 16 and 25, whose injuries ranged from falling off walkways or bridges to walking in front of moving traffic.

This story originally appeared on the Paste BN College blog, a news source produced for college students by student journalists. The blog closed in September of 2017.