Well, there are also civil liability issues here.
I don’t know if the driver was responsible in any way, but if he was, that should come out.
And it should be a lesson to people who ride that if a driver is irresponsible, don’t get in. And if a driver is doing something stupid and refuses to cease, get out.
The families of all three are very fortunate that, if the driver was at fault, nobody in addition to the people in that car were killed.
If all in the car are drunk, can the driver be blamed?
Well, there are also civil liability issues here.
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Here is a link with a little more info:
The article doesn’t say what year the Volkswagen Tiguan was manufactured or who owned it. If a parent had title to the car and was paying insurance, there might be a problem for the parent as you suggest. My guess is the driver was driving too fast for the conditions and had high tread wear on the tires. If they were driving on an older road bed, good tires might not have helped where water was ponding