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WildRose wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2019 5:15 pm

Grumpy1993 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2019 1:43 pm The criminals were fleeing the scene of a crime when the getaway driver ran a red light and crashed into an innocent woman.

That was the proximate cause of the fatal crash.

A minor misdemeanor.

The getaway driver running a red light may be a minor misdemeanor but that doesn't change the fact it's how the getaway driver killed her.

WildRose wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2019 9:45 pm No chase, no crash.

If somebody flees from the cops and causes a fatal wreck, it's the cops fault for chasing them?

Got it!

KLB wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2019 7:28 pm

tbrown wrote: ↑Sat Jan 05, 2019 6:14 pm They charge the getaway driver with murder if a bank guard is shot and killed during a robbery, so why don't they charge the egg-throwing criminals with murder if their getaway driver kills somebody?

The principle is called felony murder. Egging a car is almost certainly not a felony. Robbing a bank clearly is. There's the difference.

Criminal mischief is a misdemeanor but unauthorized use of a motor vehicle is a state jail felony.

If the unlicensed getaway driver had consent to drive the vehicle, the owner should be charged as an accessory in the woman's death, and also be named in the wrongful death lawsuit.

WildRose wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2019 9:45 pm

Ameer wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 6:02 pm

philip964 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 4:22 pmAlso left the scene of the accident and failed to render aid. Didn’t say LTC.

I thought that's only required if you're in a vehicle involved in a collision.
https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs ... TN.550.htm

Are they going to charge everybody who drove past without rendering aid?

If the story is true and he was chasing them he was the proximate cause of the accident since he triggered the actions that led to the fatal crash.

The criminals were fleeing the scene of a crime when the getaway driver ran a red light and crashed into an innocent woman.

That was the proximate cause of the fatal crash.