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| A woman who sent and received more than 20 text messages before crashing, killing another driver has been jailed for 21 months. | A woman who sent and received more than 20 text messages before crashing, killing another driver has been jailed for 21 months. |
| Philippa Curtis, 21, from Suffolk, sent and received the messages before hitting the back of a stationary car at 70mph on the A40 in Oxfordshire. | Philippa Curtis, 21, from Suffolk, sent and received the messages before hitting the back of a stationary car at 70mph on the A40 in Oxfordshire. |
| Victoria McBryde, 24, suffered fatal injuries during the crash in Oxford in November 2007. | |
| Curtis, of Bury St Edmonds, was also given a three-year driving ban. | Curtis, of Bury St Edmonds, was also given a three-year driving ban. |
| Judge Julian Hall said it had been "folly and madness" to use a phone while driving and it had been "disastrous" for Curtis, Ms McBryde and her family. | |
| Curtis, who injured her arm in the crash with a Peugeot 106, had told Oxford Crown Court she had felt there were times when using a phone while driving was acceptable. | |
| During the trial the defendant, a waitress, said she had been "hyper" as she set off on her two-hour journey on 20 November, 2007. | During the trial the defendant, a waitress, said she had been "hyper" as she set off on her two-hour journey on 20 November, 2007. |
| She made various calls and sent text messages to a number of friends using predictive text. | She made various calls and sent text messages to a number of friends using predictive text. |