Good intentions gone wrong

[Big_Daz]

One Saturday night about.. 8 or 9 years ago I was stopped at the Lights on Smith St motorway at Labrador with a few mates. Heard a rather large screech of tyres behind and then a rather large BANG from what I thought was a few cars back and the car behind me tapped into my tow ball (when I say tapped, I mean I barely felt it) which I thought was weird. Got out of the car to find that the car 2 cars back had ran into the back of old love behind me at speed and pushed her into me... I was going to just say don't worry about my car, no damage at all and leave her to deal with the other driver... It was then I realized the other driver (who had hit this lady pretty hard in her old corolla) was both angry and drunk (I could smell it on her).. the lady who was hit was in her 60's so I decided I would hang around and wait for the ladies husband and the emergency services to arrive to keep the drunk girl at bay (no major injuries, but the Towies, Police and Ambo's came) and give my details as a witness to the events. When they all turned up I got thanks from the Ladies husband which was nice, but being the guy I am I didn't expect anything more. I gave my details to the Police as a witness and went on my merry way to have what was a bloody great night... Thought nothing of it, and felt good for doing a good deed...

Anyway a few weeks later I get a letter from Suncorp Insurance (who insured the lady who was hit) advising me that I was at fault for the accident on XX Date and that I need to pay $15,000 in damages to fix their clients car or they would take the matter further. Needless to say I was more than a little angry at this and called them up to advise they had things wrong. I advised that Yes, I was involved in the incident but I was NOT the vehicle that caused any damage and that they get their **** together and get re-imbursment from the correct person, I was just down as a witness. After some stuffing around and finally getting a manager they advised me it was all a big mistake and that the wrong letter was sent to me and that no money was payable (damn right I said) All they wanted from me was a stat dec with my version of events to help them out, which I did and sent it back..

Was still a decent scare for a bloke who, at the time, was a full time student working 2 jobs...