| DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL Driver and passengers at scene of accident. Requires the driver and passenger involved in an accident that results in the injury or death of a person to remain at the scene of the accident until released by authorities. Requires a passenger to assist at the scene of an accident if the driver is unable to do so. Makes it a Class C misdemeanor for a driver to fail to give notice of the accident to authorities or to fail to remain at the scene and for a passenger to fail to assist at the scene. Provides that a passenger who fails to remain, until released by authorities, at the scene of an accident that results in the injury or death of a person commits a Class B infraction. |