Driving His Sport Utility Vehicle Negligently, Bart Crashes into a Streetlight

question 13

Multiple Choice

Driving his sport utility vehicle negligently, Bart crashes into a streetlight. The streetlight falls, smashing through the roof of a house, killing Chris. But for Bart's negligence, Chris would not have died. Regarding the death, the crash is the

• A) cause in fact.
• B) intervening cause.
• C) proximate cause.
• D) superseding cause.

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