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If a drink driver kills someone what happens?

i was wondering if u kill someone while drink driving will you go to jail or not and is so for how long would you go to jail?


    




trooper3316
Yes, you will go to jail.

What you are charged with, and the amount of time in jail will be determined by state law. Some states call this vehicular homicide, some call it manslaughter, and many have laws specifically for causing death while driving intoxicated.


Lucky
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yes you will go to prison. you could face life





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