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Michigan has a specific statute that deals with this scenario exactly. It states:

750.324 Negligent homicide; penalty. [M.S.A. 28.556 ]
Sec. 324. Any person who, by the operation of any vehicle upon any highway or upon any other property, public or private, at an immoderate rate of speed or in a careless, reckless or negligent manner, but not wilfully or wantonly, shall cause the death of another, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not more than 2 years or by a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;--CL 1948, 750.325 ;--Am. 1965, Act 38, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966 .

Former Law: See section 2 of Act 98 of 1921, being CL 1929, § 16744.


The penalty may be a little too light but the law's 40 years old.