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Hit-and-Run Kills Tennessee Man

By Baker Associates

A man from Clinton, Tennessee died this past Wednesday night after a car struck him as he was crossing the street in Lexington, Kentucky. Police are still searching for the driver, who fled the scene. This is a classic and tragic example of what is known as a hit-and-run. From both a criminal law and injury law standpoint, commission of a hit-and-run is one of the absolute worst decisions that someone can make while driving a vehicle. The personal injury consequences are discussed in today?s blog on www.tennesseeinjurylawyerblog.com while this article deals with the criminal consequences of a hit-and-run. A hit-and-run can give rise to a number of criminal offenses, the most serious of which is vehicular homicide (assuming the hit-and-run was not planned beforehand)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on November 20, 2009 (boomark / email).