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Vijay Dixit lost his teenage daughter in a distracted driving accident in 2007. 

 was killed by a driver who lost control of her car while searching the backseat for a napkin. 

 estimates that one in four crashes in Minnesota are caused by distracted or inattentive drivers. 

Dixit joined the program and talked about his work to prevent distracted driving tragedies and is the author of "One Split Second: The Distracted Driving Epidemic—How It Kills and How We Can Fix It."

Later in the hour, Minnesota State Patrol Chief Matt Langer talked about efforts to crackdown on texting while driving. 

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About one fourth of accidents are caused by distracted driving, according to the Office of Traffic Safety.

A father who lost his daughter to distracted driving and a member of the State Patrol joined the program to talk about efforts to curve these deadly habits.

Distracted driving causes 70 deaths in MN each year

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