18-year-old charged with texting and driving after car flips on roof in Saskatoon

An 18-year-old man has been charged with texting while driving after a car hit a concrete barrier and flipped on its roof.

The crash happened westbound on 22nd Street at Fairmont Drive around 4:20 a.m. Thursday.

The driver and another boy in the car were uninjured, while a 16-year-old girl was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

Police said they looked at the driver’s smart phone, which showed texting had occurred at the time of the collision. 

Emergency crews also responded to two other collisions on 22nd Street the same morning.