Holy $h!t
I was just in a hit and run accident.
Adam and I stopped at Arby's on the way back from me picking him up for his lunch break so that he could get his car back. In the turn lane on 15th Street to get back onto McFarland Blvd., we were waiting for the light to turn green. Suddenly, we hear the screech of tires and both of us were thrown forward into our seatbelts. We find ourselves thirty or so feet forward into the intersection. I hear engines gunning to my right and so I turn my head to see a silver Trans Am speed off following another car that I can't really see well because of the dark. As Adam tries to get the fuel line cut off switch thrown so that the car had fuel again, I called the Tuscaloosa Police Department. While we were waiting for an officer to get there, Adam put the car in neutral and pushed it back into the turn lane so that it was no longer blocking traffic. When I got out of the car again, and looked at the skid marks behind the car, I look up to see a Silver Trans Am. The same silver Trans Am. I yelled to Adam, "that's it! That's the Trans Am!" After the first cop got there and looked at the scene, we were allowed to move to the parking lot of the pharmacy across the street from University Mall. Well, two more officers in two more cars get there. At this point, we find out that the silver Trans Am was actually tailing the car that hit us so that the cops would get him. It is to him that the thanks goes for the police catching the guy.
Needless to say, the next hour passed in sort of a blur. We were the second hit and run of the night at 11:30 P.M.. The police took pictures of Adam's car, and all three took turns having the accident and damage on the car explained to them. Adam decided to press charges (since he was the one driving). Adam and I will both have to show up in court if this goes to trial. I am hoping that the guy that hit Adam's car will plead guilty, and pay resitution.
And now for an update...
The guy that hit Adam and I was just sent to jail on charges of Driving under the Influence and Leaning the Scene of an Accident. There is a part of me that really understands the gravity of the situation. But there is also a part of me that wants to rip apart stuffed animals. I think the serious side is winning.
Adam and I stopped at Arby's on the way back from me picking him up for his lunch break so that he could get his car back. In the turn lane on 15th Street to get back onto McFarland Blvd., we were waiting for the light to turn green. Suddenly, we hear the screech of tires and both of us were thrown forward into our seatbelts. We find ourselves thirty or so feet forward into the intersection. I hear engines gunning to my right and so I turn my head to see a silver Trans Am speed off following another car that I can't really see well because of the dark. As Adam tries to get the fuel line cut off switch thrown so that the car had fuel again, I called the Tuscaloosa Police Department. While we were waiting for an officer to get there, Adam put the car in neutral and pushed it back into the turn lane so that it was no longer blocking traffic. When I got out of the car again, and looked at the skid marks behind the car, I look up to see a Silver Trans Am. The same silver Trans Am. I yelled to Adam, "that's it! That's the Trans Am!" After the first cop got there and looked at the scene, we were allowed to move to the parking lot of the pharmacy across the street from University Mall. Well, two more officers in two more cars get there. At this point, we find out that the silver Trans Am was actually tailing the car that hit us so that the cops would get him. It is to him that the thanks goes for the police catching the guy.
Needless to say, the next hour passed in sort of a blur. We were the second hit and run of the night at 11:30 P.M.. The police took pictures of Adam's car, and all three took turns having the accident and damage on the car explained to them. Adam decided to press charges (since he was the one driving). Adam and I will both have to show up in court if this goes to trial. I am hoping that the guy that hit Adam's car will plead guilty, and pay resitution.
And now for an update...
The guy that hit Adam and I was just sent to jail on charges of Driving under the Influence and Leaning the Scene of an Accident. There is a part of me that really understands the gravity of the situation. But there is also a part of me that wants to rip apart stuffed animals. I think the serious side is winning.
posted by Meredith @ 1:40 AM
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