Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — The aftermath of a crash in Rochester that left 4 parked automobiles closely broken is turning into an insurance coverage nightmare for one of many individuals concerned.
Chelsea has lived on West Fundamental Road for the previous two years.
“I did not know how you can really feel,” she mentioned of the crash. “I used to be offended and unhappy. There was simply an excessive amount of occurring.”
Chelsea’s automotive was one of many 4 that was struck within the space of West Fundamental and Broad streets in the course of the early morning hours of March 1.
She mentioned she was asleep in her upstairs house when the sound of tires screeching awoke her.
“We jumped up away from bed, after which I heard the collision, and we ran to the window and seemed outdoors,” Chelsea mentioned.
Rochester police mentioned two unidentified people of their 20’s had been situated on the scene.
The investigation decided a person was driving a rental car on Broad Road when he went off the highway and drove right into a parking zone off West Fundamental Road.
As a result of automobiles not being occupied on the time of the crash, AAA insurance coverage supervisor Alex Tetzlaff mentioned the incident is taken into account property injury.
“New York State minimal legal responsibility restrict is $10,000, (it) seems like that is what that they had. If that they had $10,000, then it does get distributed evenly amongst the 4 parked automobiles. So every of them are going to get $2,500, after which subsequent on the totem pole goes to be their very own insurance coverage,” mentioned Tetzlaff. “With 4 individuals, that is not prone to occur, as a result of certainly one of them might be saying, ‘You totaled my automotive, so I am not accepting $2,500,’ and then you definately would simply, sadly, need to take the civil court docket and go for the remaining.”
Police say each the driving force of the rental automotive and his feminine passenger had been taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening accidents.
“There’s the homeless shelter proper down the road,” Chelsea continued. “So, there’s all the time individuals strolling forwards and backwards on a regular basis. So, yeah, it was fairly reckless, I might say.”
Police mentioned there are not any pending expenses for this report.
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