Weffy
Sep 21, 2012, 03:33 AM
Okay this all happened 2 nights ago on the 19th around 10PM.
I'm going to walk you through my whole night, but in a nutshell...
I gave me friends friend a ride for gas money, we waited to get something from his ex girlfriend. She showed up and then he told me to drive. She hung on to the car, then he kicked her off as I stopped very quickly. Her boyfriend who drove her cut me off and rammed/ tapped my front driver bumper. He started trying to punch my window out. I waited to see the girl get up, then I sped off and out of the parking lot where we met. He cut me off at a red light, swung door open and I again sped off, his door dragged down the entire side of my car causing much damage. I went home and they said I ran her over, threatening attempted murder. Conferred with my lawyer who I think checked for police reports. They did not file any report, and do not want to go through police or insurance. They simply want a check for his car. My lawyer told me to get the other driver to agree that the accident was of mutual fault, and then I would not be liable for any injury, and my car would be fixed. I cannot get a hold of either my friends friend who I gave a ride to, or the other driver. I haven't heard anything since I told the driver that night (19th) that I could not talk to him until I talked to my lawyer.
Okay, now more details. I was with my friend 'Alex'. We were hanging out bored, and about 8pm, he asked me if I wanted to make $40 for a ride. I asked him about it, and was informed that his friend needed to be picked up, taken to meet up with his ex girlfriend, and then a ride home. $40 seemed a bit much, but I figured this kid was desperate.
We picked him up, and went to a gas station near his ex's house. Alex was in my back seat, and his friend was in my passenger seat. I asked his friend why we had to wait there, and he said that he needed to get something from his ex. I had a minor suspicion that I was on a drug deal at this point, but it was unlikely in my mind.
Part 1:
We waited for about 15 to 20 minutes when his ex showed up in a mustang who a man who looked to be about 25 was driving. They parked on my side of the car, and she walked up to the passenger window. This is when I had bigger suspicions that I was taken on a drug deal since she didn't have anything, and then he said something along the lines of 'let me see it first'. Then I was pretty sure of it. So about 10 seconds later he told me to drive. I put it in gear and drove off, I wanted to get him somewhere not with me. I then realized that this girl was hanging onto my window and the passenger in my car after my friend Alex in the back was yelling Stop! At the time, I did not know what was going on, nor did I understand what and why it was happening.
I stopped quite suddenly, and the passenger started to kick her off my car... We were about 100 feet from where I was parked, and then the man driving the mustang sped up my side of the car at an angle, attempted to ram me, although he hit the front driver side of my car and merely cracked the bumper and scuffed it badly. You could feel the impact, but it felt like a speed bump when he hit me. Then he parked in front of me at an angle with his car directly in front of me, and then right up to the curb, so the only way around was to go in reverse. I could not see where the girl was, and did not want to run here over. So at this point, everyone is screaming and yelling. I'm yelling "where the F*** is the girl?!, can I back up?!" Alex in the back "I don't know... watch out!" and then the passenger "get out of here... GO GO!!!". This is all while the man in the mustang ran to my car and started punching my window attempting to break it. I was scared for my life and extremely confused.
After about 15 seconds of this chaos of yelling and this man screaming at me punching at my window, I saw the girl standing be the curb 3-10 feet behind my car. I reversed straight, then sped around the man and his car and turned out of the gas station.
That all happened in about 1-3 minutes, although it felt like 20. After I got a few seconds down the road and did not see any car pull out behind me, I started asking this kid what the hell just happened. I then confirmed my suspicion of a drug deal, and I learned that he didn't pay her everything... Great.
Part 2
I got stopped at the first red light about an eighth of a mile down the road. I made sure to leave room in front of me, and then made sure the car pulling up behind me was not a mustang. A few seconds later, the mustang appeared in my pass. Mirror, coming up the shoulder. He pulled diagonally in front of me, and swung his door open. The second he pulled in front of me, I started looking for possible escape routes. The car behind me was too close, and there were 2 cars approaching on the other side of the road with no cars behind them. Right when the last car passed in the opposing lane and the same time his door swung open, I cranked the wheel and sped off. His door hit the edge of my bumper, and dragged all the way down my car, and left a giant dent-scratch from the fender to the rear wheel.
I passed about 20 cars on the wrong side of the road, and then got back over, I drove and drove. And then realized he wasn't following. I went to my house with Alex, and my his friend.
At my house if when I realized that this kid who I drove stole a few hundred dollars worth of something. They started calling him, and then I started hearing words like attempted murder being repeated by him in question while he was on the phone. I asked to talk to whoever he was talking to, and told them how I new nothing, and trying to figure out why he was chasing me. The only thing that this guy said to me was something along the lines of 'you have 20 minutes to get all my stuff back to be otherwise that's attempted murder' apparently they were claiming that I ran over the girl and her leg was swollen.
I told them I would call them back, and then instantly got a hold of my lawyer. He told me not to say anything to them until tomorrow, and that he would figure out if the police were involved, and then to call him if the police contacted me, which they never did.
The next day (today) I was advised to contact the driver, who settled whatever misunderstanding with the passenger in my car during the incident. Last night, all he wanted was my insurance information so that his car could get fixed because his door won't open. I was advised to have the driver of the mustang talk to my insurance, and to agree that is was of mutual fault. I can not get a hold of my passenger, who would get me in touch with the driver of the mustang to settle this.
The last I heard from the kid/passenger was that everything is okay and he figured everything out. All that I need to do is make "one simple payment that he would help out on so no one goes to jail" and that they don't want to go through insurance. I don't know what to do since I can't get ahold of him, and my car is pretty damaged. There's about $800-100 in a new bumper and fender from when he rammed me, and then maybe another 3k from the giant scrape down the side of my car. The car's blue book is 2,900 so I'm guessing it will get totaled. That's fine by me, but I would rather keep it since all the damage is body work, and I have a lot of work into the engine and suspension.
I don't know what to do. I want this behind me, but I need my car fixed, or compensation for it. Not to mention I'm suffering severe emotional trauma from this so far. I've been a wreck. Crying all night last night thinking I almost got murdered, and then nightmares and oversleeping.
I was thinking to go ask the gas station manager for any camera footage they may have, since I'm pretty sure this guys on film beating on my window. How would I go about that? Flash drive, or could I record the screed with my cell phone?
Someone please offer advice on what to do. HELP!
I'm going to walk you through my whole night, but in a nutshell...
I gave me friends friend a ride for gas money, we waited to get something from his ex girlfriend. She showed up and then he told me to drive. She hung on to the car, then he kicked her off as I stopped very quickly. Her boyfriend who drove her cut me off and rammed/ tapped my front driver bumper. He started trying to punch my window out. I waited to see the girl get up, then I sped off and out of the parking lot where we met. He cut me off at a red light, swung door open and I again sped off, his door dragged down the entire side of my car causing much damage. I went home and they said I ran her over, threatening attempted murder. Conferred with my lawyer who I think checked for police reports. They did not file any report, and do not want to go through police or insurance. They simply want a check for his car. My lawyer told me to get the other driver to agree that the accident was of mutual fault, and then I would not be liable for any injury, and my car would be fixed. I cannot get a hold of either my friends friend who I gave a ride to, or the other driver. I haven't heard anything since I told the driver that night (19th) that I could not talk to him until I talked to my lawyer.
Okay, now more details. I was with my friend 'Alex'. We were hanging out bored, and about 8pm, he asked me if I wanted to make $40 for a ride. I asked him about it, and was informed that his friend needed to be picked up, taken to meet up with his ex girlfriend, and then a ride home. $40 seemed a bit much, but I figured this kid was desperate.
We picked him up, and went to a gas station near his ex's house. Alex was in my back seat, and his friend was in my passenger seat. I asked his friend why we had to wait there, and he said that he needed to get something from his ex. I had a minor suspicion that I was on a drug deal at this point, but it was unlikely in my mind.
Part 1:
We waited for about 15 to 20 minutes when his ex showed up in a mustang who a man who looked to be about 25 was driving. They parked on my side of the car, and she walked up to the passenger window. This is when I had bigger suspicions that I was taken on a drug deal since she didn't have anything, and then he said something along the lines of 'let me see it first'. Then I was pretty sure of it. So about 10 seconds later he told me to drive. I put it in gear and drove off, I wanted to get him somewhere not with me. I then realized that this girl was hanging onto my window and the passenger in my car after my friend Alex in the back was yelling Stop! At the time, I did not know what was going on, nor did I understand what and why it was happening.
I stopped quite suddenly, and the passenger started to kick her off my car... We were about 100 feet from where I was parked, and then the man driving the mustang sped up my side of the car at an angle, attempted to ram me, although he hit the front driver side of my car and merely cracked the bumper and scuffed it badly. You could feel the impact, but it felt like a speed bump when he hit me. Then he parked in front of me at an angle with his car directly in front of me, and then right up to the curb, so the only way around was to go in reverse. I could not see where the girl was, and did not want to run here over. So at this point, everyone is screaming and yelling. I'm yelling "where the F*** is the girl?!, can I back up?!" Alex in the back "I don't know... watch out!" and then the passenger "get out of here... GO GO!!!". This is all while the man in the mustang ran to my car and started punching my window attempting to break it. I was scared for my life and extremely confused.
After about 15 seconds of this chaos of yelling and this man screaming at me punching at my window, I saw the girl standing be the curb 3-10 feet behind my car. I reversed straight, then sped around the man and his car and turned out of the gas station.
That all happened in about 1-3 minutes, although it felt like 20. After I got a few seconds down the road and did not see any car pull out behind me, I started asking this kid what the hell just happened. I then confirmed my suspicion of a drug deal, and I learned that he didn't pay her everything... Great.
Part 2
I got stopped at the first red light about an eighth of a mile down the road. I made sure to leave room in front of me, and then made sure the car pulling up behind me was not a mustang. A few seconds later, the mustang appeared in my pass. Mirror, coming up the shoulder. He pulled diagonally in front of me, and swung his door open. The second he pulled in front of me, I started looking for possible escape routes. The car behind me was too close, and there were 2 cars approaching on the other side of the road with no cars behind them. Right when the last car passed in the opposing lane and the same time his door swung open, I cranked the wheel and sped off. His door hit the edge of my bumper, and dragged all the way down my car, and left a giant dent-scratch from the fender to the rear wheel.
I passed about 20 cars on the wrong side of the road, and then got back over, I drove and drove. And then realized he wasn't following. I went to my house with Alex, and my his friend.
At my house if when I realized that this kid who I drove stole a few hundred dollars worth of something. They started calling him, and then I started hearing words like attempted murder being repeated by him in question while he was on the phone. I asked to talk to whoever he was talking to, and told them how I new nothing, and trying to figure out why he was chasing me. The only thing that this guy said to me was something along the lines of 'you have 20 minutes to get all my stuff back to be otherwise that's attempted murder' apparently they were claiming that I ran over the girl and her leg was swollen.
I told them I would call them back, and then instantly got a hold of my lawyer. He told me not to say anything to them until tomorrow, and that he would figure out if the police were involved, and then to call him if the police contacted me, which they never did.
The next day (today) I was advised to contact the driver, who settled whatever misunderstanding with the passenger in my car during the incident. Last night, all he wanted was my insurance information so that his car could get fixed because his door won't open. I was advised to have the driver of the mustang talk to my insurance, and to agree that is was of mutual fault. I can not get a hold of my passenger, who would get me in touch with the driver of the mustang to settle this.
The last I heard from the kid/passenger was that everything is okay and he figured everything out. All that I need to do is make "one simple payment that he would help out on so no one goes to jail" and that they don't want to go through insurance. I don't know what to do since I can't get ahold of him, and my car is pretty damaged. There's about $800-100 in a new bumper and fender from when he rammed me, and then maybe another 3k from the giant scrape down the side of my car. The car's blue book is 2,900 so I'm guessing it will get totaled. That's fine by me, but I would rather keep it since all the damage is body work, and I have a lot of work into the engine and suspension.
I don't know what to do. I want this behind me, but I need my car fixed, or compensation for it. Not to mention I'm suffering severe emotional trauma from this so far. I've been a wreck. Crying all night last night thinking I almost got murdered, and then nightmares and oversleeping.
I was thinking to go ask the gas station manager for any camera footage they may have, since I'm pretty sure this guys on film beating on my window. How would I go about that? Flash drive, or could I record the screed with my cell phone?
Someone please offer advice on what to do. HELP!