A college student is late for class and going 55 miles per hour in a 25-mile-per-hour zone. He swerves in and out of the lanes in order to get around slower cars. Eventually, the student loses control of his car, crosses the center line, and runs head-on into another car, killing the driver. What crime is he most likely to be charged

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Tomas Garrett

28 January, 20:15

A college student is late for class and going 55 miles per hour in a 25-mile-per-hour zone. He swerves in and out of the lanes in order to get around slower cars. Eventually, the student loses control of his car, crosses the center line, and runs head-on into another car, killing the driver. What crime is he most likely to be charged

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Mariana Marshall · Answer 1

Motor vehicle homicide

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Motor vehicle or vehicular homicide is the killing of an individual or group of people as a result of rough driving or criminal negligence while operating a vehicle. There is no intent to kill in this situation. On the contrary, vehicular manslaughter is a crime causing the death of an individual of group of people resulting from the illegal driving of a vehicles such as drunk driving, under aged driving, over speeding and driving without a permit.