Pokemon GO Player Tries To Play While Driving, Crashes Into School

In a case of everyone unilaterally saying “I told you so”, a 19-year-old Victorian driver has crashed their car while — you guessed it — playing Pokemon GO.

The Age reported this morning that the driver was “trying to catch a Pokemon” when he lost control of his car just before 7:00PM last night. He overshot a roundabout and hit a fence at the St Francis Xavier College in Victoria, before crashing through and eventually coming to a stop in an empty portable classroom.

No-one was injured, and a police representative put a light spin on the incident by saying the driver “did not level up nor collect any stardust or candies, only debris from the crash”.

“Any ‘Poke-balls’, eggs or potions the driver may have had remaining only attracted police, leaving the wild Pokemon for another day,” the police spokeswoman told The Age.

Please don’t play mobile games while you’re driving. Especially Pokemon GO.


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