A serious criminal charge in the state of Texas caused when a person fails to stop after a car crash involving death, injury, or property damage is known as hit and run. Depending on the degree of damage or injury, the offense can range from a misdemeanor to a felony. If the police are able to associate a particular vehicle to the crash using license plate numbers from witnesses or physical evidence, for instance paint rubbed on to the car in the crash, the police can charge you with leaving the scene of an accident. A charge of fleeing the scene can commence by a letter from the police notifying that you are a suspect who they would like to question; however, in some severe cases, the prosecutors may choose to seek an indictment from a grand jury to charge you with felony hit and run.

According to the Texas Transportation Code, certain actions are required by every person that is part of a crash that results in property damage or injury. If an accident entails injury or death, you are required to stop or immediately return to the scene to provide aid, personal information, and show your driver's license if requested. Any car accidents that occupy damage to a vehicle mandates you to stop as close as possible without obstructing traffic in order to give aid, personal information and show your license if required. If the damaged vehicle in unattended, you are required to locate the driver or owner so that to provide your contact information, however leaving a note with the required information in a conspicuous place is plausible. Accidents that involve damage to fixtures of highway landscaping necessitate you to take reasonable steps to find the owner in charge of the property in order to provide contract information.

Recently in pop culture news, Chris Brown has been slapped with a misdemeanor hit and run charge branching from a minor car accident. The defendant supposedly got into a car accident by rear-ending a Mercedes, causing medium damage; however, the insurance information Brown provided is allegedly fake in addition to refusing to show his driver's license. The defendants actions resulted in what originally would have been a simple accident into what is now a convoluted process that could involve in him spending six months in jail.

A hit and run charge is a serious legal matter, and need the assistance of an experienced criminal defense attorney to handle your case. An experienced criminal defense attorney knows how to prepare an aggressive defense for your hit and run criminal matter.