Tweeting on the Run Can Be Hazardous to Your Health

Jogger runs smack into low-hanging branch
By Amelia Atlas,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 2, 2009 3:00 AM CDT
Tweeting on the Run Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
This undated screen shot shows Twitter, a social networking addiction which apparently can be hazardous to joggers' health.   (AP Photo)

A multi-tasking British jogger has become the first known victim of a jolting "twinjury"—an injury sustained while using Twitter. A 23-year-old office worker was attempting to Tweet an update on his Blackberry while running to work and cracked his head on a low-lying branch. His response? "Running to work, very late. Smacked my face against a branch, hurts. Forgot how tall I am. Danger of Twittering," he Tweeted. (More Twitter stories.)

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