Street Racing Blamed For Fatal Crash

[Nathan]

All the other kid did was race. And that is all that he should be charged with. He didn't force the other kid to do anything, nor did he directly cuase the crash beyond a reasonable doubt.

Someone know the exact wording of washington's vehicular manslaughter law?

[Dave]

It works like this - if you go with a buddy to hold up a liquor store, and he has a gun and you know it, and he shoots and kills the clerk - you get charged with murder - the crime was a foreseeable consequence of the activity in which you participated.

Same thing here, the two kids race and a foreseeable consequence of it is a fatal wreck. But for the surviving driver, who would the dead kid have raced?
Thus, without his racing, the wreck never occurs and the kid in the red car never gets french fried.

He gets the manslaughter charge and not murder because it was obviously not intended.

[92 mtechnic cabrio]

And as much of a heartless bastard as I am, it's pretty fucked up to burn to death. That's a horrible way to go. I have at least enough compassion to hope that the kid was just unconscious and never woke up while burning alive.

My friend was at santiago canyon when the guy in the backseat of the upside-down M3 coupe burned to death. he said they could hear him crying and yelling for help

[88325isboy]

My friend was at santiago canyon when the guy in the backseat of the upside-down M3 coupe burned to death. he said they could hear him crying and yelling for help

For real?

[BMWguy]

It works like this - if you go with a buddy to hold up a liquor store, and he has a gun and you know it, and he shoots and kills the clerk - you get charged with murder - the crime was a foreseeable consequence of the activity in which you participated.

Wrong - you get charged with ACCESSORY to murder and accesory to armed robbery... not in any way the same charge... still 2 'fuck-you-very-much' felonies but not quite as bad...

I think he does deserve the manslaughter charge though... like you said Dave... if he doesn't race the accident never happens...

[OptimusGlen]

that Beetle has some crazy crumple-zones!

[Scott314]

Scion v. M3....wtf, mate? That's like beating up the retarded kid on the playground. At least he offed himself and noone else.

[Ryan Stewart]

I think its only a matter of time before someone on this site causes an accident like that, skidding out of control because they are driving on bald tires or some shit.

Do you guys remember when Darren from E30Sport died in a car accident?

didnt some kid also split his head open by putting his E30 into a tree? That is just one step away from killing yourself.

[Insanity]

How in the world do these people manage to crash going in a straight line? That's what I want to know.