vehicular assault
Car-based criminal violence
Vehicular assault is the crime of causing serious bodily injury to another person while operating a motor vehicle, typically through reckless driving or while intoxicated.
The charge is more severe than reckless driving but less than vehicular homicide, which requires a death.
Statutes vary by jurisdiction: He was charged with vehicular assault after the DUI crash left the other driver paralyzed.
- intentional harmDeliberately caused damage
- criminal lawStatutes defining punishable offenses
- criminal chargesFormal accusations of lawbreaking
- fatalityDeath from accident
- hit-and-runLeaving after causing collision
felony · injury · manslaughter · traffic enforcement · impaired driving · road rage · recklessness · reckless endangerment · misdemeanor · car · truck · negligence · culpability · prosecution · court case · traffic violation · van · medical expenses
vehicular assaultaccident
Unintended harmful event
traffic accident · car accident · accidental injury · mishap · fender bender
vehicular assaultmedical evacuation
Transporting injured to care
roadside assistance · defensive driving · emergency services · life flight · patient transport
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