What is the name of your state? New York
I was in an accident in Brooklyn, NY on Oct. 15 of this year. The accident happened at an intersection. I was going down a 2 way street in. Each side of the road has 2 lanes. I was in the left lane driving when an 84 yo man was coming in the opposite direction wanting to make a left turn at the intersection. Light was green and it was a nice sunny day.
As I approached the intersection a car was on my left in a turning lane attempting to make a turn. Now as I'm coming up on the intersection, the guy coming from the opposite direction just came and made a left turn right infront of me. I hit my brakes and swerved to the right and ended up hitting him on his passenger side, then I ran up onto the side walk and crashed into a park fence. I was not speeding. I was on my way to a friends house doing about 30mph when this happened. The guys car is a 69 Ford Cortina, and my car is a 99 Mitsubishi Galant. None of my airbags deployed.
So today I come home to find a letter saying I'm being sued for negligence and I should send them my policy number so they can deal directly with my insurance company.
Now as far as I can see, I was not negligent. I had the right of way since I was going straight. We both approaced the intersection at the same time, and this guy did'nt even stop to let me go by. Anyone have any advice and what to do?
These are some of the pictures from the accident
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/devgrp/IMG_0931.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/devgrp/IMG_0909.jpg
I was in an accident in Brooklyn, NY on Oct. 15 of this year. The accident happened at an intersection. I was going down a 2 way street in. Each side of the road has 2 lanes. I was in the left lane driving when an 84 yo man was coming in the opposite direction wanting to make a left turn at the intersection. Light was green and it was a nice sunny day.
As I approached the intersection a car was on my left in a turning lane attempting to make a turn. Now as I'm coming up on the intersection, the guy coming from the opposite direction just came and made a left turn right infront of me. I hit my brakes and swerved to the right and ended up hitting him on his passenger side, then I ran up onto the side walk and crashed into a park fence. I was not speeding. I was on my way to a friends house doing about 30mph when this happened. The guys car is a 69 Ford Cortina, and my car is a 99 Mitsubishi Galant. None of my airbags deployed.
So today I come home to find a letter saying I'm being sued for negligence and I should send them my policy number so they can deal directly with my insurance company.
Now as far as I can see, I was not negligent. I had the right of way since I was going straight. We both approaced the intersection at the same time, and this guy did'nt even stop to let me go by. Anyone have any advice and what to do?
These are some of the pictures from the accident
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/devgrp/IMG_0931.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/devgrp/IMG_0909.jpg