This Captain in the UK was a hero in Afghanistan, risking her life to save others by defusing bombs.
This same Captain decided to pick up her phone while driving a car, risking the lives of others and killed someone.
Hero soldier jailed for killing hitchhiker while using phone at the wheel
Metro.co.uk
Harry Readhead
Wednesday 3 Jun 2015
A female soldier who defused more than 60 Taliban bombs during a tour of Afghanistan has been jailed after killing a hitchhiker while texting at the wheel.
Captain Alison Dray, 31, received a Queen’s commendation for her work in the gulf and is the only female British bomb disposal expert to complete a full tour of Afghanistan.
But Captain Dray, from Rochester, Kent, was jailed for nine months for hitting and killing 32-year-old Ashley Taylor with her car while surfing the internet on her mobile phone.
Norwich Crown Court heard how Captain Dray had been using her iPhone ‘extensively’ at the wheel and had mounted the kerb and hit Mr. Taylor, killing him instantly.
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