Commonwealth v. Kauffman

CIRILLO, Judge:

This appeal requires us to decide whether under certain circumstances a driver can be guilty of a violation of section *3653743 of the Vehicle Code (duty to stop at the scene of an accident involving damage to attended property) despite his unawareness of having been in an accident.

On February 27, 1979, Roger T. Smith was driving his car north on South Franklin Street in Gettysburg. He stopped at the intersection of South Franklin and Chambersburg Streets, preparing to turn right onto Chambersburg Street.

At that time a moving van traveling west on Chambers-burg turned left onto…