§ 20-160.1. Failure to yield causing serious bodily injury; penalties. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 20‑160.1.  Failure toyield causing serious bodily injury; penalties.

(a)        Unless the conductis covered under some other law providing greater punishment, a person whocommits the offense of failure to yield while approaching or entering anintersection, turning at a stop or yield sign, entering a roadway, upon theapproach of an emergency vehicle, or at highway construction or maintenanceshall be punished under this section. When there is serious bodily injury butno death resulting from the violation, the violator shall be fined five hundreddollars ($500.00) and the violator's drivers license or commercial driverslicense shall be suspended for 90 days.

(b)        As used in thissection, "serious bodily injury" means bodily injury that involves asubstantial risk of death, extreme physical pain, protracted and obviousdisfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodilymember, organ, or mental faculty. (2004‑172, s. 1.)