Hit and Run

I witnessed a "Hit and run" accident last night along Magsaysay Road, Baguio City At the front of the entrance of Camdas Street.

There were this young man with his back-ride whose traveling along Magsaysay road when suddenly hit by a passenger jeep with a plate no. AYK 904. The passenger jeep never stopped after that accident. With my concern, As i watched the incident, i told to the two victims to go to the nearest police station to report the crime and go to the nearest hospital for "Medico-Legal".

With regards to this incident, I searched for the information about "hit and run" and here's what i found out:

Hit and run (vehicular)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hit-and-run is the crime of colliding with a person, their personal property (including their motor vehicle), or a fixture, and failing to stop and identify oneself afterwards.

Additional obligation

In many jurisdictions there may be an additional obligation to exchange information about one's financial responsibility (including any applicable insurance) or to summon emergency services if they are needed. There may also be requirement to leave a note containing pertinent information if the property owner is not present.

Hit-and-run laws arose from the difficulties that early car accident victims faced in identifying perpetrators so that they could be brought to justice. Apart from the obvious ability of an automobile to flee the scene quickly (if still driveable), drivers often wore driving goggles, vehicles at the time did not have license plates, and roads were unpaved and thus quite dusty.

Legal consequences

Hit-and-run has severe legal consequences including the suspension or cancellation of one's driver's license, as well as imprisonment. Lifetime revocation of a driver license is possible in certain jurisdictions. Attempts to understand the mental state of the hit and run driver began soon after the offense became codified and more recently has been explored in an article titled "The Psychology of Hit and Run" (2008).

Hit-and-run drivers were more likely to be driving vans than cars; to be young males; and were far more likely to fail a breathalyzer test than other drivers, if apprehended.

To the driver of the jeep with plate no. AYK904 please coordinate to the police for you to be able to settle your obligation and face the consequences. You may talk to the victims for the settlement if possible. Remember that what you have done was definitely a crime.