Collision - September 4, 2024

 

          Okay, last Wednesday night sucked!!! After I dropped off Staci at church, I was driving home. At 7pm I was trying to turn right onto John Young Parkway from Town Loop Blvd. Stopped at red light, the green turn signal on, cars turning, so I cannot go, when all of a sudden, this guy behind me, crashes into me!!! I was in shock. My brand new car!!! I could not even get my head to comprehend that it was not a nightmare. I got out of the car, and the driver immediately starts apologizing, saying "I am so sorry, this is all my fault". Yes it is your fault. I was stopped at red light, you should have stopped too. He said he thought I was turning. I was, just I could not go because of all the other cars turning with the turn light. I had to wait until it was safe for me to go. He immediately starts saying that "it isn't so bad, I can just give you cash right here to get it fixed". I told him no I was calling the police to report the accident. He kept trying to tell me what to do. I told him to leave me alone until I spoke with the police. He would not shut up. I reach the 911 operator and tell her I was in car accident, no apparent injuries at that time. She says it is a highway patrol matter and transfers me to them. I give them the crash location and ask if okay to move my vehicle. Operator says okay to move to the Burger King parking lot across the street. I get there and immediately the guy starts trying to bully me, once again telling me it is no big deal, just minor damage, and then trying to force me to say I wasn't hurt. No way am I saying that at scene. I know from experience to never admit anything at scene, and my brother had the same type of car crash back in 2008 or 2007, and he is still dealing with a back injury that did not flare up until after the crash. So I was not saying that. He kept trying to force me to say I was not injured, saying "be human about this. I'm a single dad with two kids, you're not hurt". I countered with I am a single parent as well with two kids, and in every law class I have taken, I have been told to never admit anything at scene. That shut him up. I was still feeling bullied and reaction setting in, trying to not cry. So I called my son, and asked him to come down. He was less than a mile away at work. I have never seen my son so furious as I saw him when he arrived. I was afraid for the driver's safety. I immediately stepped in between so my son could see I was okay. The driver kept pacing around, changed his shirt, got some things out of his car, and was carrying on about how he couldn't open his car door, how is he going to pick up his kids... I actually was thinking he was going to take off. At one point he did take off down Town Loop Blvd, away from John Young, saying he had to use bathroom. This confused me since he could have just gone into Burger King. It started pouring rain, so my son and I went into Burger King. The guy was still crowding us, making it impossible to speak to my insurance company. He kept wanting to leave. I said I wanted the police to tell me it was okay to leave. He kept pacing around Burger King, going inside and out. A couple hours had passed by this time. Still no police. I called KPD back and asked if okay to leave since I had his information. They said it was not up to them, it was up to highway patrol. So I called them, and was told they had no time estimate for arrival as the patrol officers were busy with injury accidents. I asked if I could leave since I had his insurance info. They said I could, but my insurance company might need police report. So, another half hour to reach Geico, with the driver giving me dirty looks as I was on hold. Finally I get an agent who asks me for all the driver's info to look him up and his insurance. I was able to send Geico pictures of everything through the Geico ap on my phone. Once it was received by them, the agent verified it, and said I could go. Now I have to deal with getting my rear bumper repaired and the aches and pains I started getting over the weekend. So not fun. All of this was to keep track of everything that happened while fresh in my mind. Thankfully my son was with me to see how the driver was acting and to keep me calm when I was so overwhelmed.