Created: 9/22/2009 10:39:32 AM 
GILCHRIST COUNTY, FL -- He faces a DUI charge, but investigators say the crash that led to his charges was caused by texting while driving.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash happened early Sunday morning around 1:30 on State Road 49 west of Ft. White.
The FHP says Rodney Troy Whitley, 41, was driving southbound and was texting. As he did so, his van drifted across the far lane of the road and hit a fence in someone's yard.
The van went through the fence and through the yard until it hit the house, where it came to rest.
There were no injuries to Whitley or anyone in the house.
Whitley faces charges of careless driving and driving under the influence.
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