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I was in a car accident last night with my daughter we are both fine. I was taking a taxi back home and got into the accident as we were entering the highway to manhattan. I left the scene and took a different taxi to the hospital to check if my daughter was ok and had some pains I'm 7 months pregnant but the doctor saw the baby and she was fine, so was my daughter. the question is i left the scene because the cab drive told me too, but can I still get him and the taxi base I called in trouble? he was not a real taxi the taxi base was just giving him some work for the night. Thanks In Advance

neniaf

Assuming the cab driver, and not you, was driving, you did exactly the right thing. The cab driver might get into trouble if he was responsible for the accident, but not because you left the scene. Since you had no responsibility for the accident, clearly the most important thing was that you, your daughter, and the baby were healthy.

Friendly Stranger..

There are a couple of things to note here.

The first is that you are not in trouble for leaving the scene. You were not the one driving. Basically leaving the scene of an accident is only important if you are the driver. If you are the passenger and were not directly involved then it isn't your fault. The driver of the taxi is liable for staying because he was driving and was involved. So you won't be in trouble for this.

The second thing is, you left because you said you were in pain and wanted to check if you and your daughter were ok. That is a legitimate excuse even though you weren't directly involved in the accident. So you are fine to have left, and you nor the taxi driver will receive any penalty for this.

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