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N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1241: Leaving the scene of an incident involving a wheeled non-motorized means of conveyance without reporting in the first degree

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  1. Vehicle & Traffic Law
  2. Title 7. Rules of the Road
  3. Article 34. Operation of Bicycles and Play Devices

§ 1241. Leaving the scene of an incident involving a wheeled

non-motorized means of conveyance without reporting in the first degree.

1. Any person age eighteen years or older operating a wheeled

non-motorized means of conveyance, including, but not limited to

bicycles, in-line skates, roller skates and skate boards, who, knowing

or having cause to know, that serious physical injury, as defined in

subdivision ten of section 10.00 of the penal law, has been caused to

another person, due to the operation of such non-motorized means of

conveyance by such person, shall, before leaving the place where the

said serious physical injury occurred, stop, and provide his name and

residence, including street and street number, to the injured party, if

practical, and also to a police officer, or in the event that no police

officer is in the vicinity of the place of said injury, then such person

shall report said incident as soon as physically able to the nearest

police station or judicial officer.

2. Leaving the scene of an incident involving a wheeled non-motorized

means of conveyance without reporting in the first degree is a class B

misdemeanor.

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