By Steve Neavling
Ticklethewire.com
An off-duty FBI agent distracted by his cell phone crashed his car on a highway north of Washington D.C., triggering a series of tragic events that claimed his life and that of another off-duty law enforcement officer who stopped to help.
Agent Carlos Wolff, a 36-year-old husband and father of two young children, lost control of his Acura SUV in December when he began reaching for his cell phone, according to newly disclosed police reports obtained by the Washington Post.
The documents had been withheld pending the outcome of an accident investigation.
According to police, Wolff’s SUV veered across at least three lanes and struck a median wall, coming to rest while still partially blocking the fast lane.
Arson investigator Sander Cohen, 33, who happened to be driving on the same stretch of highway, stopped to help.
Both men got out of their vehicles and were on the shoulder of the road when another car struck them, hurling their bodies over the median and into the opposing lane.
Lane was pronounced dead at the scene. Wolf died soon after being rushed to the hospital.
None of the drivers involved in the accident had been drinking, police said.
