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I woke up Sunday morning and saw that my vehicle had been involved in a hit and run in front of my home. Went for a walk and found the offending vehicle parked in the alley farther down my street. Vehicle was registered to home it was parked behind. We were told by police to wait for vehicle until they arrived (Just over an hour). Someone was home the entire time yet no one came to speak with us as to why we were 'hanging' out at their back fence. At one point, we had walked out of site and we heard the back door slam shut. Police arrived and inspected vehicle. (Damage was consistent with our damage and driver's side had also sustained serious damage from a second impact (We think a guard rail). There was no damage sticker indicating that police had attended their damages). The police attended their home and they refused to answer even though main front door was open. We filled out an accident report and was advised that unless they admitted fault, we were on the hook for our damages. We observed a pickup truck by offending vehicle about an hour later. This truck was also observed passing our home at slow speeds twice. A half hour later, I stopped in front of the house to speak to the owner of the pickup. I asked who lived there and he stated his son lived at the residence. I commented that his son had hit my vehicle and he became defensive stating their damages had been there a long time. A young man then exited the residence to enter the pickup. Meanwhile, my husband had just noticed the pickup passing our home for the third time (slowly) and came out to talk to him. He assumed the pickup was going back to the damaged vehicle so he went down the alley. When he arrived at the damaged vehicle, the pickup had not stopped there so he continued down the alley to go around to their front door. While passing by their backyard, a woman starting yelling at him that we were harrasing them and that she was calling the police because 'their vehicle had been stolen' (Please note, thief was kind enough to return the vehicle to its registered residence.) She also stated that she had been out of town for two days. The officer returned to our home about a half hour later, gave us the third degree and then proceeded to amend my accident report with their insurance information. It was then we explained the two conversation the owner's had with us and their vehicle passing our home slowly. He said that apparently the car had been at a party and that the keys were now missing. The next morning, we noticed that the car had been turned around and now had the driver's side up against the fence. We have since been advise that even though the officer had deemed their vehicle responsible for the hit and run, because driver was 'unknown' their insurance company would not accept liability. :O) Please advise as my research is showing that I cannot sue the owner of the vehicle in small claims court for the damages because I don't know who the driver was.
I woke up Sunday morning and saw that my vehicle had been involved in a hit and run in front of my home. Went for a walk and found the offending vehicle parked in the alley farther down my street. Vehicle was registered to home it was parked behind. We were told by police to wait for vehicle until they arrived (Just over an hour). Someone was home the entire time yet no one came to speak with us as to why we were 'hanging' out at their back fence. At one point, we had walked out of site and we heard the back door slam shut. Police arrived and inspected vehicle. (Damage was consistent with our damage and driver's side had also sustained serious damage from a second impact (We think a guard rail). There was no damage sticker indicating that police had attended their damages). The police attended their home and they refused to answer even though main front door was open. We filled out an accident report and was advised that unless they admitted fault, we were on the hook for our damages. We observed a pickup truck by offending vehicle about an hour later. This truck was also observed passing our home at slow speeds twice. A half hour later, I stopped in front of the house to speak to the owner of the pickup. I asked who lived there and he stated his son lived at the residence. I commented that his son had hit my vehicle and he became defensive stating their damages had been there a long time. A young man then exited the residence to enter the pickup. Meanwhile, my husband had just noticed the pickup passing our home for the third time (slowly) and came out to talk to him. He assumed the pickup was going back to the damaged vehicle so he went down the alley. When he arrived at the damaged vehicle, the pickup had not stopped there so he continued down the alley to go around to their front door. While passing by their backyard, a woman starting yelling at him that we were harrasing them and that she was calling the police because 'their vehicle had been stolen' (Please note, thief was kind enough to return the vehicle to its registered residence.) She also stated that she had been out of town for two days. The officer returned to our home about a half hour later, gave us the third degree and then proceeded to amend my accident report with their insurance information. It was then we explained the two conversation the owner's had with us and their vehicle passing our home slowly. He said that apparently the car had been at a party and that the keys were now missing. The next morning, we noticed that the car had been turned around and now had the driver's side up against the fence. We have since been advise that even though the officer had deemed their vehicle responsible for the hit and run, because driver was 'unknown' their insurance company would not accept liability. :O) Please advise as my research is showing that I cannot sue the owner of the vehicle in small claims court for the damages because I don't know who the driver was.
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