Texas · Texas Transportation Code
Tex. Transp. Code § 545.428: MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION INVOLVING PEDESTRIAN OR OTHER VULNERABLE ROAD USER WITHIN AREA OF CROSSWALK; OFFENSE
What this law says, in plain English
A person commits a Class A misdemeanor by operating a motor vehicle with criminal negligence in a crosswalk and causing bodily injury to a pedestrian or cyclist. The offense becomes a state jail felony if the victim suffers serious bodily injury.
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