If you witness an accident with injured people, what does failing to help or call for help when you could do so mean?
- A)A criminal offence of failing to assist
- B)Nothing, if you did not cause the accident
- C)A minor offence
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A) A criminal offence of failing to assist
Failing to help an injured person in serious danger, when you could do so without risk to yourself, or failing to call for help, is the criminal offence of failing to assist.
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