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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Texas.
I was at a workplace parking lot yesterday. While attempting to backup, I slightly hit the car behind me which was parked with no one in it. One person heard the noise and we both looked at the front of the car and agreed that there was no dents and/or both unable to tell which was at daytime. The witness who heard the noise left and recommended that I tell my supervisor to send an e-mail so we could reach out to the owner of the car. I took 2 pictures, one from the front and the back where the license plate number is. I, then went to get lunch and came back to the premises and told my supervisor, supervisor sent out the e-mail hoping that we would get a response. We did not. I called my auto insurance company to inform them of the accident so a claim number file was created, however, I had to step out and get back to work so we did not finish all of the questions that the representative was suppose to ask me. Couple hours later, I informed parking lot security and the security guy knew who the owner was so we finally found the owner (also an employee of the same company).
We all went outside. It was night time with lights. This time, his car was parked elsewhere in the same parking lot assuming he drove and had came-back. The owner also struggled to find any dents but he was concerned with couple very small dents (Not sure if these dents he was concerned were from me or not). He said he did not have his insurance information because he had just got a car. I gave him my insurance information and we both exchanged numbers as well. He said that he will closely check for dents in the morning and give me a call. I called my insurance company again but they said that we can't continue the same claim to add more information since it was forwarded to a different department that will handle it and I would have to call back in the morning. Employer security person also took pictures of my car and sent it to his his manager for records.
My concern: Would this be considered as a Hit and Run since I left the premises to get lunch for 30 minutes and then came back to my employer?
I was at a workplace parking lot yesterday. While attempting to backup, I slightly hit the car behind me which was parked with no one in it. One person heard the noise and we both looked at the front of the car and agreed that there was no dents and/or both unable to tell which was at daytime. The witness who heard the noise left and recommended that I tell my supervisor to send an e-mail so we could reach out to the owner of the car. I took 2 pictures, one from the front and the back where the license plate number is. I, then went to get lunch and came back to the premises and told my supervisor, supervisor sent out the e-mail hoping that we would get a response. We did not. I called my auto insurance company to inform them of the accident so a claim number file was created, however, I had to step out and get back to work so we did not finish all of the questions that the representative was suppose to ask me. Couple hours later, I informed parking lot security and the security guy knew who the owner was so we finally found the owner (also an employee of the same company).
We all went outside. It was night time with lights. This time, his car was parked elsewhere in the same parking lot assuming he drove and had came-back. The owner also struggled to find any dents but he was concerned with couple very small dents (Not sure if these dents he was concerned were from me or not). He said he did not have his insurance information because he had just got a car. I gave him my insurance information and we both exchanged numbers as well. He said that he will closely check for dents in the morning and give me a call. I called my insurance company again but they said that we can't continue the same claim to add more information since it was forwarded to a different department that will handle it and I would have to call back in the morning. Employer security person also took pictures of my car and sent it to his his manager for records.
My concern: Would this be considered as a Hit and Run since I left the premises to get lunch for 30 minutes and then came back to my employer?
