Given all the circumstances, I’m sure the blame will ultimately assigned to the SUV the victim was driving. Note that it was clearly mentioned in the article that it was a Ford Expedition SUV.
I own a Lincoln navigator, essentially a gussied up Expedition. Be the vehicle a Navigator or Expedition, the vehicle is pretty much a tank, meaning the perp had to hit the victim awfully hard and had to be really reckless to do that much damage.