Love for selfies causes car crash

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Last Updated : Aug 31 2015 | 2:48 PM IST

Love for selfies resulted in a driver ramming his vehicle into a tree in the US, leaving several people injured.

Police said Jordan Toner, 29, was attempting to take a selfie when the accident took place in Maine state, WCSH6 online reported.

Toner was driving with seven passengers when he leaned over, ran off the road and hit a tree.

Among the people injured were two women seated on the front seat. One suffered a fractured nose and cut above her eye, while the other sustained neck and perhaps back injury, police said.

Two male passengers also suffered injuries including cuts near their eyes and back. The crash occurred in Orient town on August 29.

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First Published: Aug 31 2015 | 2:36 PM IST

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