Car Accident



I had a car accident, and the car is badly damaged. This is a fundraising campaign to fix the car, and literally to get me back on the road.

On Saturday, May 21st I was driving down a small street in Portland, Oregon with 4 passengers (including my baby born on April 14th), partway into a small intersection, when another car came out of a smaller street, basically an alleyway, and hit us. The driver got out of his car briefly, said a few despairing words, and then drove off, saying he’d be back. As he drove off, I took a picture of his license plate. He never came back during the 40 minutes or so we were there waiting at the intersection for a cop to show up so we could make a police report.

Apparently the accident was legally my fault, however, since the other car was coming at us from my right, giving him the right of way. Because he left the scene, he may face hit and run charges. (Usually people leave the scene of an accident like that because they are DUI. Which, from the few seconds of his erratic behavior that I saw, seems likely to me.) But either way, not having collision insurance, for the time being, we have a severely damaged, unusable car, and no contingency plan for this particular situation.

Perhaps someday we’ll see some money from an insurance company or from this driver, I don’t know. But for now it would be really great to get the little Honda running again. Thus this campaign. Many thanks for any support you may be able to offer.

GOAL: $5,000 RAISED SO FAR: $5,010









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