16-Year-Old Girl Falls Asleep While Driving, iPhone’s Crash Detection Automatically Calls 911 And Saves Her After Terrifying Crash
Apple is consistently upgrading the safety features on the iPhone and Apple Watch, which has resulted in saving countless lives over the past few years. Well, the iPhone has come to aid once again for a 16-year-old Lindsay Leskovac who fell asleep behind the wheel and crashed into poles and trees, leaving her unconscious and trapped inside the vehicle with major injuries.
Apple’s Crash Detection feature once again proves life-saving as it helps rescue a teen who fell asleep while driving
Lindsay Leskovac was driving home tired and exhausted, and fell asleep before her truck veered off course and crashed into poles and trees, leaving her unconscious and trapped inside with multiple fractures, including serious injuries to both legs and her cervical spine. In the terrifying moment, her iPhone became her lifeline with the Crash Detection feature recognizing the severe impact and immediately calling for help.
“Upon detecting the crash, her iPhone automatically dialed 911, and sent a rescue team to the scene,” said her mother. Lindsay’s mother Laura later revealed that she had no idea her daughter’s iPhone could do this. The discovery left her stunned and she now encourages others to check if the setting is enabled.
“The person from the fire and rescue told me that 911 said the phone had initiated the call. So I looked further into it to find out exactly who made the call and how it happened. I discovered that iPhones, if you have a 14 or newer, and she has the iPhone 14, have an automatic Crash Detection feature, as long as the setting is turned on.”
As reported by WFMJ, she “must have heard the [dispatcher’s] voice calling out to her, so she was actually on the phone for 22 minutes." The technology enabled the rescue workers to be able to find her and the initial minutes are the most crucial which helped guide first responders straight to her location when she was unable to call for help herself.
Crash Detection works on the iPhone 14 and all newer models running iOS 16 and later versions. Moreover, if you have an Apple Watch Series 8, Apple Watch SE (2nd generation), and Apple Watch Ultra with watchOS 9 or newer update, you have the option to access and enable it. For Lindsay, it turned a near-fatal accident into a story of survival and it is a reminder for all that the smallest setting on your device could be the one that saves your life.