In Texas: What are the Penalties for Failure to Stop and Render Aid? Failing to stop and render aid (FRSA) accidents are taken very seriously in Texas and can result in significant jail time and hefty fines. The penalties for failing to stop in render aid depend on the severity of the hit and run accident. 1) Failure to stop and render aid for accidents involving death is a second-degree felony punishable by 2 to 20 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine. The penalty for this crime was actually increased by lawmakers in 2013 in an effort to deter people who had been drinking from fleeing the scene of fatal accidents. The new legislation gave failure to stop and render aid involving death the same punitive weight as intoxication manslaughter. Both crimes are both punishable by up to 20 years in prison. 2) Failure to stop and render aid in accidents involving serious bodily injury is a third-degree felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. 3) Failure to stop aid in a crash involving minor injury is punishable by up to five years in prison or confinement in the county jail for not more than a year and up to a $5,000 fine. Several people went to the hospital so it is at least level 3 and if the injuries were serious, then level 2.