Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 3 (UPI) -- The Florida Highway Patrol said a police officer who rear-ended an empty gasoline tanker had been reading her in-car laptop before the collision. Highway Patrol spokesman Lt. Bill Leeper said Jacksonville police officer Amanda Meyer, 29, was driving west on Zoo Parkway in Jacksonville at about 8:30 a.m. Monday when her car rear-ended the truck while it was stopped at a railroad crossing in accordance with state law, the (Jacksonville) Florida Times-Union reported Tuesday. Advertisement Leeper said Meyer had glanced at the screen of her in-car laptop, which is mounted to the right of the driver's seat, and attempted to swerve and avoid the truck after she looked back at the road. However, the front end of the car collided with the rear of the truck while traveling about 40 mph, officials said. Meyer was treated for injuries to her left arm at Baptist Medical Center and released. The driver of the truck was not injured. The spokesman said investigators have not yet determined whether to file charges against Meyer. He said the incident was her first road collision as a police officer.
