motorist

Example Sentences

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The Los Angeles Police Department is asking the public for help identifying a motorist in a black Dodge Durango that fled the scene of a fatal collision with a pedestrian.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

A police officer burst into tears as he was cleared of killing a motorist during a high-speed pursuit of another driver.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

Minnesota officials have complained that their law enforcement have been excluded from the investigation into the killing of motorist Renee Good by a federal immigration officer on Wednesday.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

Late on a cold afternoon in March, a motorist in Belleville, Ill., came upon a young boy wandering down a busy street without shoes and wearing only a T-shirt and pajama bottoms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

Bunderson wanted to avoid Dr. Strayer testifying to the jury that when a motorist is texting, or, for that matter, talking on the phone, they are unfocused and distracted.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel