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Virtually all auto accidents in which a third-party fatality occurs result in criminal liability.

It's extremely rare for a third-party fatality in an auto accident to be caused by something other than criminal negligence or intent.

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Most auto accidents that cause death don’t involve third parties. And there are shockingly a lot of people killed in auto accidents, only a very small percentage of those result in prison time.

Exactly why I specified. Multi-party fatal accidents are rare, but they usually involve drunk driving or gross negligence/recklessness

Right, but the original comment didn't specify that, so sounded a bit weird to me.

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