Vehicular Homicide is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County when a person drives recklessly and that reckless driving causes the death of another. A truck driver is facing this serious charge after hitting and killing a highway construction worker. According to the report, the semi driver was speeding through a construction zone watching pornography on his phone. His truck hit the back of a pickup truck and trailer, which flew off and hit the construction worker. The driver’s cell phone was taken and analyzed. It was determined that a 5-minute pornographic video was started 90 seconds before the impact.
Fort Collins Vehicular Homicide Attorney: Definition of Vehicular Homicide in Boulder and Larimer County
The Larimer and Boulder County, Colorado law definition of Vehicular Homicide – C.R.S. 18-3-106 – is:
(b) If a person operates or drives a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or one or more drugs, or a combination of both alcohol and one or more drugs, and such conduct is the proximate cause of the death of another, such person commits vehicular homicide. This is a strict liability crime.
Driving in a reckless manner means:
It is likely the DA will argue that choosing to watch a porn video was a conscious disregard for the need to pay attention to the road and caused the death.
Sentence for Vehicular Homicide in Loveland and Estes Park
In Fort Collins, Loveland, and Estes Park is a class 4 felony, unless drugs or alcohol were involved. If the person driving was under the influence, then it is charged as a class 3 felony. The driver above would be facing the class 4 felony, which is punishable by 2 to 6 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections.
If you or someone you love has been charged with Vehicular Homicide, be smart, exercise your right to remain silent, and contact the best criminal defense attorneys from the O’Malley Law Office at 970-658-0007 to schedule your free consultation. Together, we can protect your future.
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