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Ned Levitt presented the injury prevention roadshow, SMARTRISK No Regrets Live, at his daughters’ former high school this week. SMARTRISK Board chairman Mr. Levitt has a deeply personal reason for his involvement with the national charity. He lost his 18-year-old daughter Stacey after she was hit by a car while out jogging and listening to music over headphones. Several media outlets covered Mr. Levitt’s story, as he was speaking just after a new U.S. study revealed that reports of serious injuries and deaths suffered by pedestrians wearing headphones have tripled over the last seven years.

Here is a sample of the recent media coverage:

From CTV News, see the video, Accidents involving headphone-wearing pedestrians on the rise

Also see CTV’s Canada AM show on Jan. 17 at 7:30 a.m. (from about 7:37 – 7:42 a.m.)

From CITY TV News, see Northern students hear about distracting dangers of headphones

And from CBC Radio’s Metro Morning show, see Pedestrian Accidents