iPhone 14 Pro Multiple deaths in major crash detected by IPhone

[bassexpander]

Tragic:

Occupant's phone alerts responders to car crash that killed 6 in their 20s

The car hit a tree in Lincoln, Neb. Police said an iPhone detected the impact and called responders automatically when the phone's owner didn't respond.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[symphony]

Dear Mr. Cook…

 

[symphony]

That's really great though. My family keeps telling me to share my location while on road trips, but I keep forgetting. This is good, since it's automatic.

Unless I get kidnapped.

 

[beerseagulls]

This is such sad news.... ​

Nebraska crash kills 6, passengers iPhone automatically alerted authorities​

Nebraska crash kills 6, passengers iPhone automatically alerted authorities

A Nebraska car crash killed six people after running into a tree. A cellphone belonging to somebody in the car alerted authorities of the crash automatically.

www.foxnews.com

 

[laptech]

Just read this on Metro online. An iphone 14 crash detection rang 9 1 1 to alert police to a crash. Unfortunately 6 people were killed in the crash.

https://metro.co.uk/2022/10/04/nebr...erts-cops-of-crash-killing-6-people-17496925/

 

[Abazigal]

I just came from reddit reading this. I thought it was odd that a report involving a traffic accident would cite an iphone feature in the headline. A way of attracting more readers perhaps?

 

[ChoiMinji]

I just came from reddit reading this. I thought it was odd that a report involving a traffic accident would cite an iphone feature in the headline. A way of attracting more readers perhaps?

Was probably cited because the crash victims weren’t laying out there for hours before help arrived

 

[deeddawg]

I just came from reddit reading this. I thought it was odd that a report involving a traffic accident would cite an iphone feature in the headline. A way of attracting more readers perhaps?

Bingo. Any way to put Apple in a headline will attract clicks / readers.

Nobody cares if Onstar detects a crash and contacts emergency services.

 

[AppleB]

Bingo. Any way to put Apple in a headline will attract clicks / readers.

Nobody cares if Onstar detects a crash and contacts emergency services.

I didn’t think anything of it. The iPhone crash detection was just part of a tragic event.
Onstar contacting emergency services is probably pretty common. Onstar has been available for quite awhile.

 

[I7guy]

Bingo. Any way to put Apple in a headline will attract clicks / readers.

Nobody cares if Onstar detects a crash and contacts emergency services.

Because this was one of onstars core features? And not every vehicle has onstar. It’s the first phone to do this type of thing reliably. (And before you say Pixel had it first...I did use the word reliably)

 

[arazeleternal]

Incredibly tragic story. It’s too bad that they all passed on, but the silver lining (if there is one) is we all know now that the new crash detection feature does it job, even if it didn’t happen to get the help there in time. That, however, is due to the severity of the crash, whether they were wearing seatbelts, how the crash happened, etc, rather than due to the tech or the first responders. I’m just glad to know that if I am in a wreck and am unable to contact emergency services myself, my phone will do it.