It absolutely is if it leads to death! I’m not sure if driving with my eyes closed is illegal, though it certainly is stupid, If somebody dies as a result of that of course I committed a crime!
It’s illegal. It’s called dangerous driving. And if it wasn’t illegal, and if there was no law against driving with ones eyes closed, and there was no law against causing death through negligence (that’s illegal too, it’s called culpable homicide or manslaughter), and if there was no law at all that you could be proven to have broken, then you would not be a criminal. You would be an idiot and an inconsiderate, dangerous, individual, but not a criminal. One is only a criminal if they have broken the law. For whatever reason, the officer in this case didn’t. Therefore, whilst I may believe he is stupid, he is still not a criminal.