Section 603-B. Accidents; police to indicate serious physical injury and death on simplified traffic information or summons and compliant  


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      addition  to  the  requirements  of  section  six  hundred three of this
      article and subdivision twelve of section eleven hundred  ninety-two  of
      this  chapter, in every case where a law enforcement officer is required
      to report pursuant to section six hundred three of this  article  and  a
      person  is  charged with a violation of this chapter arising out of such
      accident, the law enforcement officer alleging such charge shall make  a
      clear notation in the "Description of Violation" section of a simplified
      traffic  information,  or in an area provided on a summons and complaint
      pursuant to subdivision one of section two hundred  twenty-six  of  this
      chapter,  if,  arising  out of the same accident, someone other than the
      person charged was killed or suffered serious physical injury as defined
      in section 10.00 of the penal law; such notation shall be in the form of
      a "D" if someone other than the  person  charged  was  killed  and  such
      notation  shall  be  in the form of a "S.P.I." if someone other than the
      person charged suffered serious physical injury; provided however,  that
      the  failure to make such notation shall in no way affect a charge for a
      violation of this chapter.