I was hit by a crossover on this Friday morning and am wondering if anyone witnessed the accident. It's a long shot but I need someone to come forward.
4036175267 - Jay
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
• on Oct 28, 2016 at 8:15 am
• I was established in the one lane portion of of the end of the ramp coming off Stony Trail on to 16th ave NW during rush hour traffic. (exhibit a - notice my position when I was hit) it was bumper to bumper so I was stopped waiting for the car in front of me to move. (exhibit b - notice cars detouring from where I suspect the colliding vehicle came from. notice position in relation to the yellow line)
• a black SUVs front passenger struck the drivers side of my rear headlight/bumper (exhibit c - rear headlight, bumper and fender damage) at high velocity, to the extent that her front fender slid sidewiping the length of my car and lodged into my driver fender and detached the front bumper too.
• she ran out around her car to me to see if I was ok and was apologizing profusely. I wasn't able to respond coherently as I was in a state of shock.
• I called the police and she called a family member. She appeared to have been coached by her family member because she stopped apologizing once we were talking to the cop.
• I took pictures of the ramp, the lane, the damage and the shoulder to prove that I was established in my lane well before the merge and there was no where else for me to have come from because there were construction signs on the shoulder (exhibit d. there are a few signs on the shoulder right behind where the collision occurred). I was in the left lane from before the merge. I didn't merge like some cars had to earlier. I was stopped in my car and she came out of nowhere and rear ended me. (exhibit e. another angle of the rear end damage).
• I detached the bumpers to prevent dragging so I could drive to an engagement. Most of them were left at the scene.
• it appears she was coming from the other side of the yellow line. from the front you can see that she drove into me from the angle of the cars. my car is almost driving away from her. I wasn't because I was literally at a stand still. (exhibit f - notice the angle and the amount of places she could've came from)
• at no point were we side by side sharing a lane until she hit me. this is apparent in the details of the damage (exhibit f & g)
• I think she thought that where these cars are detouring was "her" lane. (exhibit h & i - notice the yellow line to the right of her. that's a painted road island)