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A fatal crash that may have occurred while the driver was livestreaming on TikTok, and a severe sentence in a fatal drunken driving crash, highlight continued dangers from impaired and distracted driving as the holidays approach.

In the TikTok case, police are investigating whether a woman was taking video of herself on the app while driving and striking a man in Zion. Darren Lucas, 59, who worked at Torres Fresh Market, was crossing Sheridan Road after work to catch a bus home Nov. 3 when he was struck and killed, police said. The driver, a 43-year-old woman, stopped and called 911.

A woman under the pseudonym tea_tyme_3 streaming herself live on TikTok the same day suddenly screamed and swore, and said she had hit someone. Police were inv

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