Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 23.08

Personal Injury

To sustain the charge of aggravated leaving the scene of an accident involving death or

personal injury, the State must prove the following propositions:

First Proposition: That the defendant was the driver of a vehicle involved in a motor

vehicle accident; and

Second Proposition: That the motor vehicle accident resulted in a death or personal

injury; and

Third Proposition: That the defendant knew an accident had occurred; and

Fourth Proposition: That the defendant knew that the accident involved another person;

and

Fifth Proposition: That the defendant [(failed to immediately stop his vehicle at the scene

of the accident) (failed to stop as close to the scene of the accident as possible without

obstructing traffic more than necessary and forthwith return to the scene of the accident)] and

remain at the scene of the accident until the defendant had performed the duty to give

information and render aid; and

Sixth Proposition: That the defendant [(failed to report the accident within one -half hour

after the motor vehicle accident)(if hospitalized and incapacitated from reporting at any time

within one-half hour of the motor vehicle accident failed to report the accident within one -half

hour after being discharged from the hospital)] at a nearby police station or sheriff's office,

giving the place of the accident, the date, the approximate time, the defendant's name and

address, the registration number of the vehicle driven, and the names of all other occupants of

that vehicle.

If you find from your consideration of all the evidence that each one of these propositions

has been proved beyond a reasonable doubt, you should find the defendant guilty.

If you find from your consideration of all the evidence that any one of these propositions

has not been proved beyond a reasonable doubt, you should find the defendant not guilty.