What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? Ohio
My mom was involved in a car accident yesterday. She was proceeding through an intersection in the left lane of a 4 lane steet and was hit in the left rear side of her car by a car that went through a red light. The person fled the scene, but a couple who were in the right lane and slightly behind my mom (who were also preceeding through their green light) stopped to see if they could help.
The cop was terrible and did nothing except took my mom's insurance info and left. The nice couple who witnessed the accident went into the intersection and found the license plate of the car who fled which had come off in the crash. They called the cop back and gave it to him.
The cop called this morning and said the other driver was a 16 year old girl. The girl said she was scared and that's why she ran and he didn't want to press charges for her fleeing. He also said the girl claims she had the green light and she had a friend in the car who is acting as her witness.
Now the cop is telling us that since there is a witness on both sides and they don't know for sure who's telling the truth, they can't cite anybody. (Pretty ridiculous considering the girl fled the scene...how can they believe a witness they can't prove was in the car since she didn't stop?!) This means that even though the girl ran a red light and hit my mom, we have to pay a $500 deductible, etc. (which my parents can't even afford.)
My mom is having neck and back pain but thankfully nothing more serious happened. (She did get checked out at the ER.) She's supposed to follow up with her doc. which will cost more money. Her car is actually ok on the exterior, but died out, had to be towed and will be looked at tomorrow, so we don't know what the actually damage is yet.
We are very angry and frustrated that this girl is lying and getting off especially after fleeing the scene. Does anyone have any advice? Is there anyway we can get justice? Thanks in advance.
My mom was involved in a car accident yesterday. She was proceeding through an intersection in the left lane of a 4 lane steet and was hit in the left rear side of her car by a car that went through a red light. The person fled the scene, but a couple who were in the right lane and slightly behind my mom (who were also preceeding through their green light) stopped to see if they could help.
The cop was terrible and did nothing except took my mom's insurance info and left. The nice couple who witnessed the accident went into the intersection and found the license plate of the car who fled which had come off in the crash. They called the cop back and gave it to him.
The cop called this morning and said the other driver was a 16 year old girl. The girl said she was scared and that's why she ran and he didn't want to press charges for her fleeing. He also said the girl claims she had the green light and she had a friend in the car who is acting as her witness.
Now the cop is telling us that since there is a witness on both sides and they don't know for sure who's telling the truth, they can't cite anybody. (Pretty ridiculous considering the girl fled the scene...how can they believe a witness they can't prove was in the car since she didn't stop?!) This means that even though the girl ran a red light and hit my mom, we have to pay a $500 deductible, etc. (which my parents can't even afford.)
My mom is having neck and back pain but thankfully nothing more serious happened. (She did get checked out at the ER.) She's supposed to follow up with her doc. which will cost more money. Her car is actually ok on the exterior, but died out, had to be towed and will be looked at tomorrow, so we don't know what the actually damage is yet.
We are very angry and frustrated that this girl is lying and getting off especially after fleeing the scene. Does anyone have any advice? Is there anyway we can get justice? Thanks in advance.