Submerged car in deadly NKY incident located with help of cellphone crash alert

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WE’RE WATCHING WLWT NEWS 5 LEADING THE WAY. ANSWERS IN A DEADLY CRASH THAT HAPPENED FRIDAY NIGHT COULD HAVE BEEN PUT ON HOLD FOR A LONG TIME, IF NOT FOR A CELL PHONE. CRASH DETECTION TECHNOLOGY INSIDE AN IPHONE HELPED POINT EMERGENCY TEAMS IN THE DIRECTION OF THAT CAR THAT WENT UNDER WATER IN CAMPBELL COUNTY. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S TODD TODD — HERE. NOW WITH MORE DETAILS FOR US. HI, TODD. HI, MIKE AND SHEREE. WHAT HAPPENED ON FRIDAY NIGHT NEAR THE OHIO RIVER IS INCREDIBLY SAD. IT ALSO SERVES AS A REMINDER OF HOW POWERFUL CERTAIN CELL PHONES ARE WHEN EMERGENCIES HAPPEN. ON FRIDAY NIGHT, AN IPHONE CRASH ALERT LED FIRST RESPONDERS IN CAMPBELL COUNTY KNOW SOMETHING WAS WRONG. THE ALERT, COMBINED WITH A REPORT OF A MISSING PERSON, LED TO AN HOURS LONG SEARCH, EVENTUALLY ENDING WITH THE DISCOVERY OF A CAR WITH A PERSON IN IT SUBMERGED IN LLOYD CREEK IN THE MELBOURNE AREA. TODAY, WE LEARNED THE NAME OF THE PERSON INSIDE THE VEHICLE, FAITH JENKINS, WHO LIVED NEARBY. WHILE JENKINS DEATH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE INCIDENT HAS PEOPLE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW CELL PHONE CRASH DETECTION ALERTS WORK. THERE’S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, LITTLE SENSORS INSIDE YOUR PHONE NOW, AND IT’S DETECTING HOW FAST YOU’RE MOVING. YOU’RE TURNING IT OVER. BRIAN KOVALCIK IS A SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE AT UC’S DIGITAL FUTURES COMPLEX. A LOT OF THOSE SAME SENSORS ARE NOW BEING USED FOR THIS CRASH DETECTION. SO IN THIS KIND OF EXAMPLE, IT’S YOU KNOW, THE A DETECTED THAT YOU SUDDENLY STOPPED A LOT FASTER THAN YOUR CAR BRAKING. OR MAYBE IT TUMBLES, YOU KNOW, IF YOU EVER HAVE LIKE A ROLLOVER AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IT’S ABLE TO DETECT THAT THAT’S ACTUALLY HAPPENING. IT’S CHANGING A LOT. ON HOW FIRST RESPONDERS ARE GOING TO SOME OF THESE SCENES. APPLE HAS BEEN REFINING ITS CRASH DETECTION TECHNOLOGY AFTER REPORTS SURFACED A FEW YEARS AGO OF FALSE ALARMS, INCLUDING DURING ROLLER COASTER RIDES AT KINGS ISLAND. ALERTS CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON HIGH END PHONES MADE BY…

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