§ 35-137. Accident involving death or personal injuries; penalties.

(a)

The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to, great bodily harm to, or death of any person or damage to any attended vehicle or property shall immediately stop such vehicle at the scene of such accident or as close thereto as possible, but shall then immediately return to and in every event shall remain at the scene of the accident until the driver has fulfilled the requirements of section 35-139 of this article and amendments thereto.

(b)

Any person who violations subsection (a) when an accident results in:

(1)

Total property damages of less than $1,000.00 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in section 35-71.

(2)

Injury to any person or total property damages in excess of $1,000.00 or more shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year [or] by a fine of not more than $2,500.00, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(c)

The driver shall comply with the provisions of section 35-144.

(d)

The municipal court does not have jurisdiction to hear cases involving failure to stop and remain at the scene of an accident involving great bodily harm to any person or death of any person.

(Code 1964, § 36-47; Code 1988, § 35-97; Ord. No. 53410, § 1, 1-7-1975; Ord. No. O-2-05, § 8, 1-6-2005; Ord. No. O-103-06, § 3, 10-5-2006; Ord. No. O-51-12, § 3, 9-6-2012; Ord. No. O-49-15 , § 1, 8-13-2015)

State law reference

Similar provisions, K.S.A. 8-1602.