[Wiggins]

Weller's Buick Le Sabre suddenly pushed the Mercedes out of its path, picked up speed and roared into the middle of the market, which was taking part on a street that had been barricaded for the event.

It won't go. The defense will simply claim when he had the first accident with the ME/BE, that he attempted to stop his car but became disoriented due to his advanced age and his limited mobility stepping on the gas instead of the brake causing his vehicle to go out of control.

[WackyKat]

In some states, a manslaughter charge can be premised on a death that the defendant caused during the commission of a misdemeanor or minor felony.

It doesn't matter if the death was accidental, only that it was causally related to the commission of the crime.

If this guy was fleeing the scene of an accident when he drove through the market, that would be enough

Unless he has senile dementia so bad he doesn't know who he is, I don't think a "mentally deficient" defense will work

[cherry]

why are people prosecuted and jailed for driving under the influences of drugs or alcohol, but not because they can't see properly, can't hear properly, and can't react properly.

both are physical limitations, and people KNOW as they grow older, that their driving skills are diminished...

driving with diminished ability due to old age ( or sickness ) is the same as driving with diminished ability due to alcohol....

one person has the growing awareness that his skills are poor, and the other gets that awarness in a few hours of drinking.....