The teen was trying to capture a digital creature from the Pokemon Go mobile phone app when he lost control of his auto while negotiating a roundabout.
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The auto smashed through a fence and into a school portable building in Berwick at 6.50pm on Thursday. Luckily, no person was deemed injured.
Considering this incident is not the first of its kind, and that people have a tendency to believe that severe things can not happen to them until they do, we expect distracted drivers and pedestrians to be involved in other accidents while using the popular game.
The Pokeballs as well as the eggs and/or potions from the “Pokemon GO” driver “only attracted police”.
He is expected to be charged on summons with careless driving.
The Victoria police has apparently seen this coming and has ran road side warning messages, warning drivers of the danger of playing Pokemon Go while driving.
Sadly, this is just one of many accidents which have so far been associated with the app. In Baltimore, dashboard footage caught a man accidentally crashing his vehicle into a police cruiser.
The driver, who escaped unscathed, got out of the auto and quickly confessed he was playing Pokemon Go behind the wheel.
Meanwhile, authorities in Japan are asking for the Fukushima nuclear exclusion zone to be classified a no-go area for Pokemon. Besides most of Asia, South America and Africa, the augmented reality game has been rolled out world-wide.
According to The Guardian, a “Pokemon GO” player resorted to a sudden PokeStop.
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The company has banned employees from playing Pokemon Go on site.
