Failure to perform duties of driver when animal is injured
ORS > Vehicle Code > Collisions > 811.710
(1) driver knowing or having reason to believe their vehicle was involved in a collision & their vehicle injures or kills a domestic animal & they don't:
(a) immediately stop at, or as close as possible to, collision scene & reasonably investigate what vehicle hit. Stop shouldn't obstruct traffic more than necessary
(b) make reasonable effort to determine nature of the animal's injuries
(c) give reasonable attention to the animal.
(d) immediately report the injury to animal's owner.
(e) Immediately stop at, or as close as possible to, collision scene & reasonably investigate what vehicle hit. Stop shouldn't obstruct traffic more than necessary
(f) if after leaving collision scene driver discovers their vehicle may have been involved in a collision resulting in injury or death to domestic animal: as soon as reasonably possible make a good faith effort to comply with this statute's requirements
(2) statute's requirements for a driver to stop & attend to an injured animal depend on the traffic hazards then existing.
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