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Pickup driver who stayed on scene of eScooter death, charged - Durham Post (durhampost.ca)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I remember when this story broke, a lot of people (on Reddit) were blaming the e-scooter rider for being on the sidewalk. But that doesn't mean the driver wasn't at fault.

I'm glad that the driver was charged, but "fail to yield from driveway" seems like a very light charge, considering it resulted in someone's death. Sounds like involuntary manslaughter may be been more appropriate, at the very least.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Seems like both could apply.

The driver committed an unlawful act (failure to yield), and was "irresponsible or failure to fulfill responsibility towards others." by not driving safely around people.

Either way, the charge given completely devalues the life of the victim by making it seem like a simple traffic infraction and not one that resulted in a loss of life.