How much is a hit and run worth
Five bucks to this poor sod. From Seattle station
KOMO:
Hit-and-run driver gives boy $5 in hush money
MYRTLE CREEK, Ore. -- A driver who hit a teen boy with her car, knocking him up onto the hood and into the windshield, gave him $5 and asked him not to tell on her before fleeing the scene, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.
The victim told a deputy he was walking down a city street around 6 p.m. when a white Honda sedan with California plates hit him from behind, throwing him onto the car's hood and into the windshield before knocking him to the ground.
The victim said the female driver got out of the car and handed him a $5 bill, then asked him not to tell on her. The woman got back into her car and drove away.
The victim said he felt fine until about an hour after the incident when he began having severe pain in his back, tail bone and left knee.
Ouch! Tailbone is painful -- broke mine slipping on some ice about 20 years ago and it took forever to heal. Knees are tricky too...
Posted by DaveH at April 17, 2009 10:49 AM