§ 11:34. Hit-and-run driving.

(a)

Hit-and-run driving is the intentional failure of the driver of a vehicle involved in or causing an accident to stop such vehicle at the scene of the accident, to give his identity, and to render reasonable aid.

(b)

To give his identity for the purpose of this section means that the driver of any vehicle involved in any accident shall give his name, address and the license number of his vehicle, or shall report the accident to the police.

(c)

The offense of failure to report an accident shall be a responsive verdict to a charge of hit-and-run.

(d)

Whoever commits a crime of hit-and-run driving shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned for not more than one hundred eighty (180) days, or both.

(City Code 1951, Title 11, § 34; Ord. No. 8567, § 1, 12-9-87)

State law reference

Similar provisions, R.S. 14:100.