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maaaa
Citizen
Username: Maaaa
Post Number: 80
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, August 4, 2003 - 2:23 pm: | 
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Ok, I'm throwing this open to the board, since I don't know who else to ask. My 20 year old son received a letter from the police department where he lives saying that his car was involved in a hit and run accident. When he talked to the police, they told him that someone saw his car take off the rear view mirror of a parked car. They followed the car and copied his license # and phoned it in to the police. My son is completely perplexed--- he has absolutely no knowledge of any accident and there's no damage anywhere on his car to indicate that an accident happened. He hasn't lent his car to anyone else. Oh, and the car's a '91 white Honda Civic-- one of the smallest cars on the road---so he's looking up at most side view mirrors and the white paint, a Maaco paint job, would certainly show any damage. He's supposed to show up at the police station tomorrow. Is he automatically guilty? Can he refute this, using his car as evidence? He's worried sick and I'm not doing too well either. Thanks to anyone who might have some information. |
Nohero
Citizen
Username: Nohero
Post Number: 1901
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, August 4, 2003 - 2:52 pm: |
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First off, knowingly leaving the scene of an accident (even if it's just property damage to a parked car) is punishable by, among other things, license suspension for six months. So, he really should get an attorney in the town where he lives.
But, he's not automatically guilty. The person who phoned the license number in to the police will have to appear and testify, at the time of a court hearing. If your son says it didn't happen, he can tell that to the court, and point out the facts you mention in your post. |
maaaa
Citizen
Username: Maaaa
Post Number: 81
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, August 4, 2003 - 3:16 pm: |
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Thanks, Nohero. He didn't knowingly leave the scene, since he had no knowledge of there being a scene. If nothing else, the kind of noise it would have made would have caused him to stop. All I can think of is that someone followed a white car and turned a corner and mistook his car for the guilty one. I can't believe we'll have to hire him a lawyer for this. What a nightmare |
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