CALCRIM No. 2160

Vehicular Manslaughter (Veh. Code, § 20001(c))

If you find the defendant guilty of vehicular manslaughter [as a felony]

[under Count], you must then decide whether the People have

proved the additional allegation that the defendant fled the scene of the

accident after committing vehicular manslaughter [in violation of Vehicle

Code section 20001(c)].

To prove this allegation, the People must prove that:

1. The defendant knew that (he/she) had been involved in an

accident that injured another person [or knew from the nature of

the accident that it was probable that another person had been

injured];

AND

2. The defendant willfully fled the scene of the accident.

Someone commits an act willfully when he or she does it willingly or on

purpose. It is not required that he or she intend to break the law, hurt

someone else, or gain any advantage.

[To be involved in an accident means to be connected with the accident in

a natural or logical manner. It is not necessary for the driver’s vehicle to

collide with another vehicle or person.]

The People have the burden of proving this allegation beyond a

reasonable doubt. If the People have not met this burden, you must find

that this allegation has not been proved.

New January 2006; Revised February 2013, September 2024*

* Denotes changes only to bench notes and other commentaries.