Hi all.
My son was involved in a car accident the other day, he pulled out from a side road onto a main road and I know normally this would be his fault even if the other vehicle was speeding BUT there are some dubious goings on here I feel.
He was turning right onto the main road from a one way street, the main road is a single carriageway which has a 30 mph speed limit and contains several junctions and a pedestrian crossing, where he was turning it is fairly wide. He looked both ways and saw that it was clear to move onto the main carriageway and so made his move when all of a sudden a car seemed to come from know where and hit his car on the driver’s side.
Now my son had already cleared the lane from where the other car was travelling and so it didn’t actually 'T' bone him thank god or else he would have been killed in my opinion, instead it ran down the offside of his car from the rear of the front wing to the rear wing.
A guy in a van who was following the other car stopped and gave my son his card saying look mate if you have any problems call me I saw the whole thing, that guy was driving like a mad man, but I need to get off as I have an urgent delivery.
My son also had a passenger with him, the police arrived quickly on the scene and said it was my son's fault for pulling out as there were no skid marks from the other vehicle, but as they hadn’t witnessed it they could'nt do anything, my son's passenger was in some pain and collapsed at the scene, so an ambulance was called, he was then placed on a stretcher and taken to hospital, he has a history of heart complaints, there were a number of witnesses at the scene and one was saying to the police officer to breathalyse the other driver as he was driving like a mad man, the police officers did not do this and also told my son "don’t worry about your mate too much, I know it looks bad on a stretcher and wearing an oxygen mask but he was probably putting it on a bit". My son was also in shock and was hurt but they never bothered about him. They called for a recovery truck and both cars were taken away and the police went leaving him there on his own. Also within minutes the other guy who was Polish had solicitors on the scene.
The next day my partner spoke to the van driver on the phone who had witnessed the accident fully and was horrified to hear what he had to say.
He told her that the guy who was driving the other car had overtook 2 other cars behind him and then overtook him on the brow of a hill, he was travelling that fast that his wheels left the ground at one point and when he started to come down the hill towards the junctions he just floored his vehicle at great speed, I saw your son coming out of the junction ahead and he didn’t stand a chance he was on him within about 2.5 seconds he was travelling that fast, the guy in the other car didn’t even brake as there were no brake lights and he didn’t even swerve to try and avoid your son and he just ploughed straight into your son's car, I had to stop because I was horrified at what I had just seen but as I was in a hurry I just gave your son my card and told him to call me if there were any problems as I had seen it all, when I left the scene I was that incensed a bit further down the road I saw a police car so stopped, I told the police officer what I had just seen and said the other car driver is either drunk or under the influence of drugs and he should breathalyse him and the police officer said to him don’t worry we'll deal with it and took his details.
My son's insurance company have said that they are going to admit liability as he pulled out from a side road onto the main road, they have not bothered to contact the witness and nor have the police as he told her no-one had contacted him about this and he was astounded that no-one had contacted him. There were also other witnesses there telling the police that the other guy was driving like a lunatic and to breathalyse him and still this was not done, there was also someone saying that there were 4 people in the back of the other car and they ran off, yet it was only a 3 seater in the rear (BMW 3 series), and they ran off before the police got there and the police were also told that too but still did nothing!
We have already contacted the police complaints authority about this and have argued his case with the insurance company but we do not know what else we can do to help!
So where does my son stand on this? Can anyone help at all?
My son was involved in a car accident the other day, he pulled out from a side road onto a main road and I know normally this would be his fault even if the other vehicle was speeding BUT there are some dubious goings on here I feel.
He was turning right onto the main road from a one way street, the main road is a single carriageway which has a 30 mph speed limit and contains several junctions and a pedestrian crossing, where he was turning it is fairly wide. He looked both ways and saw that it was clear to move onto the main carriageway and so made his move when all of a sudden a car seemed to come from know where and hit his car on the driver’s side.
Now my son had already cleared the lane from where the other car was travelling and so it didn’t actually 'T' bone him thank god or else he would have been killed in my opinion, instead it ran down the offside of his car from the rear of the front wing to the rear wing.
A guy in a van who was following the other car stopped and gave my son his card saying look mate if you have any problems call me I saw the whole thing, that guy was driving like a mad man, but I need to get off as I have an urgent delivery.
My son also had a passenger with him, the police arrived quickly on the scene and said it was my son's fault for pulling out as there were no skid marks from the other vehicle, but as they hadn’t witnessed it they could'nt do anything, my son's passenger was in some pain and collapsed at the scene, so an ambulance was called, he was then placed on a stretcher and taken to hospital, he has a history of heart complaints, there were a number of witnesses at the scene and one was saying to the police officer to breathalyse the other driver as he was driving like a mad man, the police officers did not do this and also told my son "don’t worry about your mate too much, I know it looks bad on a stretcher and wearing an oxygen mask but he was probably putting it on a bit". My son was also in shock and was hurt but they never bothered about him. They called for a recovery truck and both cars were taken away and the police went leaving him there on his own. Also within minutes the other guy who was Polish had solicitors on the scene.
The next day my partner spoke to the van driver on the phone who had witnessed the accident fully and was horrified to hear what he had to say.
He told her that the guy who was driving the other car had overtook 2 other cars behind him and then overtook him on the brow of a hill, he was travelling that fast that his wheels left the ground at one point and when he started to come down the hill towards the junctions he just floored his vehicle at great speed, I saw your son coming out of the junction ahead and he didn’t stand a chance he was on him within about 2.5 seconds he was travelling that fast, the guy in the other car didn’t even brake as there were no brake lights and he didn’t even swerve to try and avoid your son and he just ploughed straight into your son's car, I had to stop because I was horrified at what I had just seen but as I was in a hurry I just gave your son my card and told him to call me if there were any problems as I had seen it all, when I left the scene I was that incensed a bit further down the road I saw a police car so stopped, I told the police officer what I had just seen and said the other car driver is either drunk or under the influence of drugs and he should breathalyse him and the police officer said to him don’t worry we'll deal with it and took his details.
My son's insurance company have said that they are going to admit liability as he pulled out from a side road onto the main road, they have not bothered to contact the witness and nor have the police as he told her no-one had contacted him about this and he was astounded that no-one had contacted him. There were also other witnesses there telling the police that the other guy was driving like a lunatic and to breathalyse him and still this was not done, there was also someone saying that there were 4 people in the back of the other car and they ran off, yet it was only a 3 seater in the rear (BMW 3 series), and they ran off before the police got there and the police were also told that too but still did nothing!
We have already contacted the police complaints authority about this and have argued his case with the insurance company but we do not know what else we can do to help!
So where does my son stand on this? Can anyone help at all?