Woman tweets about crash, then learns victim is own hubby

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Over two hours, a woman in Washington state, US, tweeted about a car crash, not knowing that her husband was the one killed in it.

Mrs Caran Johnson, 41, a state police scanner enthusiast (someone who listens to police radio), began tweeting about a two-car crash on Wednesday afternoon.

She tweeted that one person had died and that the wreck was "horrible".

She tweeted: "I'm trying not to panic, but my husband left work early and he drives Interstate 205 (where the accident happened) to get home. He's not answering his phone."

She also shared with her almost 1,000-strong followers that her husband Craig suffered from epilepsy and she began to speculate that his condition could have caused a crash.

She then called her husband's office and was told that the 47-year-old had left early because he had been feeling faint.

About two hours after her first tweet, she told her followers that the victim was her husband.

The Washington State Patrol confirmed that Mr Johnson was killed when his car crossed the divider and collided with a pickup truck. The truck driver was seriously injured.