Sec. 1. When any person shall have come to his death by violence or casualty caused by a collision with a train, car or other conveyance of any common carrier, it shall be lawful for such train, car or conveyance to proceed on its journey before the arrival of the coroner and the holding of an inquest, if the body of such person be left in charge of a member of the crew of such train, car or other conveyance, or of some other agent of such common carrier.
Ind. Code § 8-2-4-1
Leaving scene of accident
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Fultz v. Newkirk (1985)
Most recently applied in Fultz v. Newkirk (March 1985)
Formerly: Acts 1939, c.29, s.1.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.