I had a car accident in New Jersey. The accident was caused by another vehicle that pulled into oncoming traffic and then caused a chain reaction where I rear ended the person in front of me after he jammed his brakes and swerved violently to avoid this moron who pulled into traffic. This person pulled over briefly then drove away knowing 100% what he/she had caused.
The person I hit said it wasn't my fault and was furious about what this other vehicle did to cause the accident and wasn't annoyed with me at all. He said he wasn't injured at all even after being asked by multiple people and witnesses. And the witnesses even agree it wasn't my fault despite if you rear end someone it usually is. SO we have me 2 witnesses and the other driver all agree it wasn't my fault and no one was injured.
Then the officer showed up and turned out he was friends with the person I hit and the officer then coached him on what to say, Telling him to stop saying it wasn't my fault and to say that he was driving and a car was stopped in front of him and he came to a stop and I hit him. The officer then went about writing down a statement that the person I hit never said he just wrote in what he thought would best serve his friends interests. He also kept telling him over and over to get checked out by ambulance and say he was injured because it would ""Look Better"". He called the ambulance after we all said no one was injured and we didn't need or want one. The officer then refused to speak to any of the witnesses and didn't want the video witch certainly had the license plate of the reckless driver who caused an accident and then fled. He then had the balls to write me 2 tickets for tail gating and carless driving when I absolutely was doing neither I believe he did this to further make me look at fault because if he wrote me tickets at the scene I would have called for more officers because he is out of his mind. Now my record is scared because some other person caused a crash and then fled. I believe the officer did this to help his friend being if that other vehicle who was at fault couldn't be ID'd he my insurance wouldn't pay.
So in all he decided to change his original statement, coach him on what to say, call ambulance after we all said not to, tell him to fake injury because it would "look better", refuse to take witness statements or even speak to them and of course refuse to obtain the video... Is this selective Enforcement/Misconduct and is there anything I can do? I contacted my insurance adjuster and she really just honestly doesn't give a s*** at all whatsoever, they just attach what I say or wrote to my claim file and leave it as is with me 100% at fault and responsible. Even though there were extraordinary circumstances that myself, the other driver, and 2 neutral witnesses can all confirm and say it wasn't my fault. The officer just wanted to make sure his friend couldn't be blamed and made it so my insurance had to pay him.
I'm furious an officer is allowed to dictate the outcome like this and screw me over completely and my record. And the word investigation on the police report pisses me off even more, how can the officer say he was fair and even while leaving out and changing soo many truths?
The person I hit said it wasn't my fault and was furious about what this other vehicle did to cause the accident and wasn't annoyed with me at all. He said he wasn't injured at all even after being asked by multiple people and witnesses. And the witnesses even agree it wasn't my fault despite if you rear end someone it usually is. SO we have me 2 witnesses and the other driver all agree it wasn't my fault and no one was injured.
Then the officer showed up and turned out he was friends with the person I hit and the officer then coached him on what to say, Telling him to stop saying it wasn't my fault and to say that he was driving and a car was stopped in front of him and he came to a stop and I hit him. The officer then went about writing down a statement that the person I hit never said he just wrote in what he thought would best serve his friends interests. He also kept telling him over and over to get checked out by ambulance and say he was injured because it would ""Look Better"". He called the ambulance after we all said no one was injured and we didn't need or want one. The officer then refused to speak to any of the witnesses and didn't want the video witch certainly had the license plate of the reckless driver who caused an accident and then fled. He then had the balls to write me 2 tickets for tail gating and carless driving when I absolutely was doing neither I believe he did this to further make me look at fault because if he wrote me tickets at the scene I would have called for more officers because he is out of his mind. Now my record is scared because some other person caused a crash and then fled. I believe the officer did this to help his friend being if that other vehicle who was at fault couldn't be ID'd he my insurance wouldn't pay.
So in all he decided to change his original statement, coach him on what to say, call ambulance after we all said not to, tell him to fake injury because it would "look better", refuse to take witness statements or even speak to them and of course refuse to obtain the video... Is this selective Enforcement/Misconduct and is there anything I can do? I contacted my insurance adjuster and she really just honestly doesn't give a s*** at all whatsoever, they just attach what I say or wrote to my claim file and leave it as is with me 100% at fault and responsible. Even though there were extraordinary circumstances that myself, the other driver, and 2 neutral witnesses can all confirm and say it wasn't my fault. The officer just wanted to make sure his friend couldn't be blamed and made it so my insurance had to pay him.
I'm furious an officer is allowed to dictate the outcome like this and screw me over completely and my record. And the word investigation on the police report pisses me off even more, how can the officer say he was fair and even while leaving out and changing soo many truths?