People v. Mace

*878Opinion

WISEMAN, Acting P. J.

Defendant Andrew Mace was convicted of violating Vehicle Code section 20001 for leaving the scene of a one-vehicle accident without assisting a person injured in the accident. On appeal, Mace raises various instructional errors. We hold that a driver’s knowledge that a person involved in an accident is injured gives rise to a duty to ascertain what assistance the injured person may need. We also hold that any person who is considered a “driver” for purposes of the hit-and-run statutes has a duty to render assistance to other persons in the same vehicle who are…