A tangled web

This past Saturday, as my amazing husband was driving to a local restaurant to pick us up dinner, someone crashed into our car. He was in the left lane, about to make a left turn, when another vehicle attempted to pass him on the left - in oncoming traffic - and the oversized rear passenger tire of his car hit the front driver side of our car. His car - unscathed. Our car? Well. See most of it for yourself:



The other driver gave his information to the police, who of course gave it to us. The first problem: He told the police the wrong insurance company. While I'd like to assume this was a simple mistake, a couple factors make that difficult to believe, mostly the fact that the supposed company informed me that this party hasn't been insured with them for about five years. I could see naming the wrong company after a few months. Maybe even one year, maybe you're flustered or something. But five? I don't think so. The nice people at the wrong insurance company helped me find out who the ACTUAL insurance company was, and I filed claims with both them and my insurance company.

Today, my insurance called and informed me that the other driver was claiming a completely different story.

I know car accidents are one of those "he-said-she-said" things. As evidence, I'd like to present the following:

A Google Street Maps view of the site. My husband was stopped planning to turn into the first driveway on the left for the shopping plaza.

A Google Maps aerial shot of the same location. You can see that the Mobil lot cannot be entered from the eastbound (right-hand) side of Boston Post Road; you must make a left and enter from the side street.

The driver who hit us stated, according to our insurance company: "I was turning left and they hit me." Where he was turning left, no one is exactly sure - if he wasn't going to the same shopping plaza as my husband, the only place he could have been turning was at the light, and the accident didn't happen that far up. If he's trying to claim he was going to the gas station on the corner ... well...

Note the multiple "Do not enter" signs.

Also, from the damage on the car and the LACK of damage on his car, it seems pretty clear that he hit us - our bumper was hit from the side and pushed forward. The damage is more on the side than on the corner.

So now I get to deal with a lengthy insurance battle, all because a punk kid driving his daddy's company car can't man up and find the cajones to admit he screwed up. I'm sure this drama is not over, so more to come.