ER docs warn of serious injuries, deaths from text-message mishaps MSNBC, July 30, 2008 UTMB's Dr. Angela Gardner is quoted in this article about injuries people incur because they were distracted while composing a text message on a cell phone. Gardner recounted how she has treated people injured because they texted while riding a Segway. She said that she usually learned how a person was injured from ambulance crews. "People don't want to admit they were doing something so silly," Gardner said.