Celeb doctor was tweeting about dog before fatal crash

[Liberal_in_LA]

Celeb doctor was tweeting about dog before fatal crash

Don't tweet and drive, kids. You might end up like Dr. Frank Ryan, a famous Hollywood plastic surgeon who died after driving off a cliff near his Malibu home Monday.

Ryan, known for working with celebrities such as Heidi Montag, was tweeting about his border collie, Jill, just seconds before the crash, the doctor's ex-girlfriend told People Magazine.

Ryan's Twitter page was last updated at 4:10 p.m. Monday with a picture of Jill on a beach. "Border collie jill surveying the view from atop the sand dune," Ryan wrote.

About a half-hour earlier, the doctor tweeted that he'd finally stopped to walk up sand dunes.

"After 25 years of driving by, I finally hiked to the top of the giant sand dune on the pch (sic) west of malibu. Much harder than it looks! Whew!"

Jill was in the car when Ryan crashed, according to People. The dog suffered injuries to the head, eye and paw.




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[Enrique]

1. famous last Tweets n/t

[malaise]

7. From a

Twit - adios asshole.

[marmar]

2. Driving near a cliff and tweeting? ...... And this dude was a doctor?

Not trying to be insensitive, but geez.

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. A professional allegiance don't mean you are not an idiot

and I will be even less sensitive to you...

But some docs feel they are invincible... like any 20 something.

[marmar]

6. True.... I do think they lose touch with reality and begin to think they're invincible.

nt

[kirby]

4. OMG, driving off cli... n/t

[FreepFryer]

8. Aaaaiiieeeeeeeeee! @cliff #darwin award (n/t)

[Liberal_in_LA]

10. Yep. And jeep landed upside down

[meow mix]

5. that is a tough dune to climb

extra steep, i wouldnt even attempt it anymore lol

[Warpy]

9. I'm surprised he didn't manage "oh shit"

as the car sailed off into air, Hollywood style.

Talking on a cell phone while driving is worse than being drunk. Texting while driving is nothing short of insane. Anyone caught doing it should get a long jail term to think it over, get them the hell off the roads for a while.

[old mark]

11. More proof that you don't have to be smart to be a doctor....

You have to have a great memory, and some skill in certain cases (surgery being one), but obviously no common sense...

mark

ADDED: "CHP confirmed the doctor was tweeting when he crashed, but have not reached a conclusion on the cause of the accident..." they also believe the dog was riding in his lap while he was tweeting and...oh, yeah, driving along a cliff overlooking the ocean...Gosh, what might have caused the crash?

[Liberal_in_LA]

12. agree. Best post from comments following article: "Poor dog"

[hamsterjill]

13. Jill is going to be fine.

I read earlier today that Jill had been treated by an emergency vet place, then released and taken to her regular vet, who said she would recover fully. She was being returned to Ryan's ranch.