A Washington woman, who fancies herself as a scanner aficionado, unknowingly live tweeted her own husband’s death, when reporting about a terrible car accident. This tragic crash follows the high-profile death of Fast and Furious’ Paul Walker.
Interstate 205 can be a very dangerous stretch of road. Unfortunately for Caran Johnson, she found this out first hand last Wednesday.
Caran is known for reporting on what her scanner picks up, including traffic congestion and accidents. So it makes sense that she would be tweeting about the very same collision that claimed her husband’s life.
At 2:11 p.m., Trooper William Finn, who has spoken to Caran numerous times on Twitter, tweeted out:
"Vancouver - SB 205 @ Padden--Fatality collision. WB Padden to SB 205 is closed. Right lane SB 205 also closed in area. Use alt route!"
That tweet came only ten minutes after Caran, herself, alerted the world to the crash. It was only after not being able to reach her husband that she tweeted:
"I'm trying not to panic, but my husband left work early and he drives 205 to get home. he's not answering his phone."
Caran messaged Finn for more information, but soon the Trooper realized that it was Cara’s husband who died. The officer immediately quit using Twitter, as he explained to CNN:
“I went into overdrive mode and I stopped tweeting the whole thing. I didn't want someone to find out over Twitter that their husband passed away. I didn't want her to find out that way. That is a hard thing to go through."
At 3:05 p.m., Caran confirmed that it was her husband who was killed:
“It’s him. He died.”
Caran’s Twitter handle has since been deleted.
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