Driving his sport utility vehicle carelessly, Bart crashes into a telephone pole. The pole was carelessly installed by the telephone company and falls, smashing through the roof of a house. The roof had been carelessly installed by the builder and collapsed, killing Chris. Regarding the death, the crash is the

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cause in fact.

intervening cause. This was my answer, which is correct for the house and roof, but not for the pole/accident.

proximate cause.

superseding cause.