My daughter was hit by a car in Manhattan

Touchofgray16
Touchofgray16 Posts: 639
edited August 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Fortunately, she suffered only a knee injury and, so far, cannot work (bartending, waiting tables) for a few days. The worst part, however, was that it was a hit and run. Imagine hitting someone with your car, looking in the rearview to see the carnage and saying "fuck it" before driving away?
I can't. A young man chased the car for three blocks, told the driver she should return to the accident site - and when she REFUSED, yes, refused - he took a photo of her license plate. He then ran back to the accident site and tended to my daughter. She was in shock and didn't want to call an ambulance, so the young man walked her over to the police station where he gave his eyewitness account (including that he had pulled people out of the way of the errant car but couldn't reach my daughter in time), waited with her until my husband and I arrived and gave us all of his personal information (address, work info, cell and home numbers) so we can contact him in the future. My daughter was not walking against the light, either. It happens that a traffic cop actually waved the driver on so the car would be out of the grid. What an idiot ! There are now detectives on the case to find the woman and to get her insurance information. Any good personal injury lawyers who practice in Manhattan and happen to love Pearl Jam? Just kidding, but then again, I don't know any lawyers so if anyone has a referral, let me know in a PM. Thanks.
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  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    glad your daughter wasn't seriously injured. best wishes for a quick recovery for her injured knee.

    yeah, big city traffic always bring out the worse drivers around.
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  • MattCameronKicksButt
    MattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    Sorry to sound insensitive but did the driver give a reason as to why she wouldn't come back? :mad: I mean, if it were me and I drove off and someone who saw the whole thing stopped me, I think I'd have the sense to then go back. I'm just curious to know what her excuse was.
  • Touchofgray16
    Touchofgray16 Posts: 639
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    Sorry to sound insensitive but did the driver give a reason as to why she wouldn't come back? :mad: I mean, if it were me and I drove off and someone who saw the whole thing stopped me, I think I'd have the sense to then go back. I'm just curious to know what her excuse was.

    Matt, that is not insensitive at all. The driver told the guy who chased her that she saw people help my daughter to her feet which led the woman to believe she must have been okay because she could stand up. When the guy said my daughter had a knee injury and she should return, that is when she refused. I thought perhaps the woman had a liquid lunch and didn't want to be arrested for DUI/DWI. Just my guess, but it could be for any number of reasons including that she may be heartless and irresponsible.
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  • 3inputchick
    3inputchick Posts: 845
    I'm so sorry if you saw the YAY

    I thought I was responding to another thread!!!



    I'm so sorry she is hurt
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  • acoustic guy
    acoustic guy Posts: 3,770
    WTF? What kind of person??? People like this should be removed from the planet.
    I hope she is fine. Take that bitch for all she is worth ;)
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  • HushBull
    HushBull Posts: 996
    A coworker of mine was hit by a car on his bicycle... they just kept driving on. WTF?
    "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro"
  • stuckinline
    stuckinline Posts: 3,407
    pm sent
  • MattCameronKicksButt
    MattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    Touchofgray16 wrote:
    Matt, that is not insensitive at all. The driver told the guy who chased her that she saw people help my daughter to her feet which led the woman to believe she must have been okay because she could stand up. When the guy said my daughter had a knee injury and she should return, that is when she refused. I thought perhaps the woman had a liquid lunch and didn't want to be arrested for DUI/DWI. Just my guess, but it could be for any number of reasons including that she may be heartless and irresponsible.

    Maybe the latter and I'm going to throw in 'pretty dumb' too because she hasn't helped her own case much either. Oh well, her own fault. Thankfully your daughter will be fine.
  • Touchofgray16
    Touchofgray16 Posts: 639
    3inputchick wrote:
    I'm so sorry if you saw the YAY

    I thought I was responding to another thread!!!



    I'm so sorry she is hurt

    Not a problem ... coming from you, I would have known it was in error
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  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    Maybe the latter and I'm going to throw in 'pretty dumb' too because she hasn't helped her own case much either. Oh well, her own fault. Thankfully your daughter will be fine.
    I think this is where you can truly see what a person is made of.

    I don't know how I could have kept on driving without thinking how serious of injury I might have cause. So heartless and irresponsible are probably the best words to describe her.
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  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    HushBull wrote:
    A coworker of mine was hit by a car on his bicycle... they just kept driving on. WTF?
    Yeah it's funny, how 4-wheel vehicle drivers always talk crap about bikers and cyclists.
    I don't know but I'd rather get hit by two-wheelers than a freckin' car.
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  • Inhiding230
    Inhiding230 Posts: 362
    Wow yet again, people and their stupidity, heartlessness and lack of compassion, never fail to amaze me. Hell, I couldn't even drive away if I hit a squirrel, or any animal, let alone a person. I just don't get it.

    I am really glad she is ok and so happy that one person stepped up and did the right thing for her.
  • comebackwoman
    comebackwoman Posts: 7,271
    I'm so sorry this happened to your daughter! Some people just have no sense of common decency. If you don't have any empathy you don't have a soul. I'm glad your daughter will be ok. Glad that guy had the compassion and decency to help her out. That gives me a little more faith in people
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    Touchofgray16 wrote:
    Matt, that is not insensitive at all. The driver told the guy who chased her that she saw people help my daughter to her feet which led the woman to believe she must have been okay because she could stand up. When the guy said my daughter had a knee injury and she should return, that is when she refused. I thought perhaps the woman had a liquid lunch and didn't want to be arrested for DUI/DWI. Just my guess, but it could be for any number of reasons including that she may be heartless and irresponsible.

    wait wait....the woman was told she hit someone and still left?....please let her get the most painful form of cancer imaginable :mad:
  • Cree Nations
    Cree Nations Posts: 2,247
    the nerve of some people. Hopefully the knee injury is not too serious and she recovers quickly.
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  • stu gee
    stu gee Posts: 1,174
    Cars are dangerous things for sure, im 23 year old and havent even had a lesson. Not sure i want to either, the roads are crazy!! Havent been on here in a while, had to attend the funeral of a good friend who died in a car crash last month. Dont drink and drive folks, you think you're invincible but its not worth it! I dont know if i could be be bothered with the pressure of driving, would be scared i hit a kid or something.
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  • stickboy
    stickboy Posts: 2,981
    thats fucking crazy!
    Same shit happened to me in miami bout 3 yrs ago right b4 I was about to head back to NY to be with my fam for the holidays and for my sis baby.


    SO sorry to hear that..at least she got helped. Me? Ha! I was coming back from work at like 4am bout 3 blocks away from my house and some stupid cornballs decided to play chicken with me at the stop sign and then waived me to GO AHEAD..so I did and the pieces of shit floored it on me, I dive backwards only to be clipped and spun around. Fell on my shoulder dislocated it and when I got up to walk I crumbled to the ground and heard a snap... lost my cell, turned back to see license plate and they busted a quick left and no one saw shit. I jumped 3 blocks home on one leg, called my best friend a massage therapist, took me to the hospital and I was revealed to have a fractured tibula.
    cool stuff huh?
    gotta love the mutherfuckers out there..hope they get theirs and worse. My sis has worked for some of the best lawyes in manhattan as a paralegal and all that so let me know if you need any help. Best wishes for a speedy recovery if she got hurt bad :(
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  • Touchofgray16
    Touchofgray16 Posts: 639
    Thanks everyone for your replies. The bruising looks bad, but she is doing okay. I gave up driving when I moved back to Manhattan from the suburbs and I don't miss it at all. The ironic thing is my apartment comes with a free parking space. LOL. Free parking in Manhattan and I no longer own a car !!!

    Anyway, Sticky, maybe I'll see you at Coogan's on Monday or Tuesday. I would take a referral if you speak to your sis. Hope, too, that you are okay :)
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  • ilovesinging
    ilovesinging Posts: 255
    I hope she'll get better. Some peole in this world are idiots!
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  • Wilds
    Wilds Posts: 4,329
    The silver lining is the guy that helped her. Here we focus on the garbage driver that hit your daughter and we should, but the guy who ran the car down, waited, gave his info etc.

    Good for him. Situation brought out the best in that guy.

    Hope your daughter is fully healthy first and that this woman is caught and dealt with by the law.

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