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N.C.P.I.—Crim. 271.75

REMOVAL OF VEHICLE FROM SCENE AFTER ACCIDENT RESULTING IN [DAMAGE TO PROPERTY] [INJURY OR DEATH TO PERSON OF WHICH THE PASSENGER WAS UNAWARE]— PASSENGER. MISDEMEANOR.

activein force · 2006-06-01 – presentas-observed

The defendant has been charged with removal of a vehicle from the

scene of an accident resulting in [damage to property] [injury or death to

any person about which the defendant did not know or have reason to

know].

For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must

prove five things beyond a reasonable doubt:

First, that the defendant was a passenger of a vehicle that was

involved in a reportable accident. A reportable accident 1 is one involving a

motor vehicle that results in [death or injury of a human being] [total

property damage of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more] [property

damage of any amount to a vehicle seized because it was driven by a person

charged with an offense involving impaired driving whose license was

already revoked as a result of a prior impaired driving offence)

Second, that the defendant knew or reasonably should have known

that the vehicle was involved in an accident or collision.

Third, that the accident resulted in [damage to property] [injury or

death to any person about which the defendant did not know or have reason

to know].

Fourth, that defendant willfully [facilitated] [allowed] [agreed to] the

removal of the vehicle from the scene of the accident (without justification

or excuse).

And Fifth, that a law enforcement officer had not [completed the

investigation of the accident] [authorized the removal of the vehicle].

If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or

about the alleged date the defendant was a passenger of a vehicle that was

involved in a reportable accident, that the defendant knew or reasonably

should have known that the vehicle was involved in an [accident] [collision],

that the accident resulted in [damage to property] [injury or death to any

person about which the defendant did not know or have reason to know],

and that the defendant willfully [facilitated] [allowed] [agreed to] the

removal of the vehicle from the scene of the accident before a law

enforcement officer had [completed the investigation of the accident]

[authorized the removal of the vehicle] (without justification or excuse), it

would be your duty to return a verdict of guilty. If you do not so find or have

a reasonable doubt as to one or more of these things, it would be your duty

to return a verdict of not guilty.

History

N.C.P.I.—Crim. 271.75 (June 2006). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-166.2(a). Prepared by the North Carolina Conference of Superior Court Judges' Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions, assisted by the UNC School of Government; published by the School of Government.

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Retrieved: 2026-09-25
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