Unfortunately, it looks like my suspicions were correct– it appears Dr. Frank Ryan was tweeting when his car went over a Malibu cliff on Monday  (I know, it was fairly obvious).

His ex-girlfriend Charmaine Blake, pictured with Dr. Ryan above, is a celebrity publicist; she told PEOPLE that his family was told by investigators that Ryan’s tweeting was the cause of the accident.

Blake added:

“He lived up in Malibu on a tiny street and he was texting while driving and he accidentally went over the cliff”

His dog Jill, who was also in the car, survived the wreck with injuries to the head and paw.

Though the official cause of Ryan’s crash has not yet been determined, all signs point to his cell phone activity.

This is such sad news. Kids, seriously, put down your cell phones when you’re going from place to place. It’s just not worth the risk.

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