FWIW I know of at least e where a fight happened, a guy was killed and there were not even any charges, because when both sides consent it's not assault (and you need an underlying criminal act for manslaughter).
But on topic, criminal negligence causing death or dangerous driving causing death are among the very very rare cases where intent to cause the harm is not required, though you need recklessness or extreme lack of care about the consequences.
The issue people rightly have is that almost all of us have missed a sign or two I. Our driving careers, just luckily without a bad result. So a lot of us can empathize that it could have happened to us (obviously with the difference that we are not driving semis).
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