You are dispatched to the scene of a fatal car accident. A minivan, carrying a husband, wife, and their three children, crashed head-on into a telephone pole at approximately 3:35 a.m. Sadly, the wife was not wearing her seatbelt and was killed instantly. One of the children also was not wearing a seatbelt and is critically injured. The husband, who was driving, and the other two children have suffered only minor bruises and cuts. The husband explained that he and his family were driving across the country on their vacation, and he had been driving since approximately 5:00 p.m. the day before. He does not remember much of what occurred before the accident; he says that one minute, everything was fine, and the next minute, the van slammed into the telephone pole. The driver has a clean driving record. Which of the following is most likely to be the cause of the accident?

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You are dispatched to the scene of a fatal car accident. A minivan, carrying a husband, wife, and their three children, crashed head-on into a telephone pole at approximately 3:35 a.m. Sadly, the wife was not wearing her seatbelt and was killed instantly. One of the children also was not wearing a seatbelt and is critically injured. The husband, who was driving, and the other two children have suffered only minor bruises and cuts. The husband explained that he and his family were driving across the country on their vacation, and he had been driving since approximately 5:00 p.m. the day before. He does not remember much of what occurred before the accident; he says that one minute, everything was fine, and the next minute, the van slammed into the telephone pole. The driver has a clean driving record. Which of the following is most likely to be the cause of the accident?






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