Hi ellis192,
Here you go -
"...or whoever without stopping and making known his name, residence
and the register number of his motor vehicle goes away after knowingly
colliding with or otherwise causing injury to any other vehicle or
property,..."
GENERAL LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS
PART I.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
TITLE XIV.
PUBLIC WAYS AND WORKS
CHAPTER 90. MOTOR VEHICLES AND AIRCRAFT
ARTICLE VEHICLES.
Chapter 90: Section 24 Driving while under influence of intoxicating
liquor, etc.; second and subsequent offenses; punishment; treatment
programs; reckless and unauthorized driving; failure to stop after
collision.
(2) (a) Whoever upon any way or in any place to which the public has
a right of access, or any place to which members of the public have
access as invitees or licensees, operates a motor vehicle recklessly,
or operates such a vehicle negligently so that the lives or safety of
the public might be endangered, or upon a bet or wager or in a race,
or whoever operates a motor vehicle for the purpose of making a record
and thereby violates any provision of section seventeen or any
regulation under section eighteen, or whoever without stopping and
making known his name, residence and the register number of his motor
vehicle goes away after knowingly colliding with or otherwise causing
injury to any other vehicle or property, or whoever loans or knowingly
permits his license or learner's permit to operate motor vehicles to
be used by any person, or whoever makes false statements in an
application for such a license or learner's permit, or whoever
knowingly makes any false statement in an application for registration
of a motor vehicle, shall be punished by a fine of not less than
twenty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment
for not less than two weeks nor more than two years, or both; and
whoever uses a motor vehicle without authority knowing that such use
is unauthorized shall, for the first offense be punished by a fine of
not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or by
imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor more than two years, or
both, and for a second offense by imprisonment in the state prison for
not more than five years or in a house of correction for not less than
thirty days nor more than two and one half years, or by a fine of not
more than one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment;
and whoever is found guilty of a third or subsequent offense of such
use without authority committed within five years of the earliest of
his two most recent prior offenses shall be punished by a fine of not
less than two hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or by
imprisonment for not less than six months nor more than two and one
half years in a house of correction or for not less than two and one
half years nor more than five years in the state prison or by both
fine and imprisonment. A summons may be issued instead of a warrant
for arrest upon a complaint for a violation of any provision of this
paragraph if in the judgment of the court or justice receiving the
complaint there is reason to believe that the defendant will appear
upon a summons.
http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/90-24.htm
Leaving the Scene of an Accident (G.L. c. 90, ?24(2)(a))
Whoever fails to stop and/or make his name, address and license plate
number known after colliding with or otherwise causing injury to any
other vehicle or property is guilty of "leaving the scene of an
accident."
Penalties:
Imprisonment: for not less than 2 weeks, nor more than 2 years or
Fine: not less than $20, nor more than $200
http://www.relentlessdefense.com/drunkdriving.html
"...Black's Law Dictionary 730 (6th ed.1990) defines a hit-and-run
accident as a "[c]ollision generally between motor vehicle and
pedestrian or with another vehicle in which the operator of vehicle
leaves scene without identifying himself and without giving certain
other information to other motorist and police as usually required by
statute."
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=ma&vol=appslip/appMar03b&invol=1
I was glad to find this for you. If you have any questions, please
post a clarification request *before* closing/rating my answer and
I'll be happy to reply.
Thank you,
hummer
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