Just when you think you’ve seen it all, this report comes off the news wire. The Seattle Times reported today about a very serious car crash that occurred on Interstate 405 in Bothell, WA. KOMO 4 News also reported about the crash yesterday.
The man was traveling at speeds of 100 mph and then rear-ended another vehicle. That car, a minivan, was carrying two women and four children. The impact was so severe that the minvan was forced off four lanes of travel where it overturned on the median. All of the passengers in the minivan were injured and transported to a nearby hospital. Thank God no one was killed, which could have easily occurred.
However, the story gets crazy. The man who was driving the other vehicle tried to flee the accident scene. But an off-duty officer tracked him down and held him until police could arrive. The man was injured so he was transported to a hospital.
While in the hospital, the man snuck out without any clothes on. He was spotted by a police officer running naked in the hospital’s parking lot. Now, if this fact doesn’t communicate “knowledge of guilt,” I don’t know what set of facts would. This fact will likely be admissible in the guaranteed criminal proceeding that will follow, as well as the civil cause of action that each passenger in the minivan will have.
In cases like this, my only fear is that the man was uninsured or had minimum insurance limits of just $25,000. Usually people who commit such irresponsible acts like this are also financially irresponsible. That means there is a strong likelihood that the man has no financial means (like an insurance policy) to compensate the other victims for their medical bills and other damages, which are likely to run well into the thousands.
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