One man’s dashcam caught a moment that’ll make anyone who values their car wince. An Amazon delivery driver ran right into his parked vehicle, dropped off a package at the house, and then drove away. He didn’t even bother to leave a note. The man, obviously dumbfounded by the situation, handed the footage over to police with a complaint about the behavior. Months later, though, the driver still hasn’t been identified.
According to Lititz police, dashcam video showed the Amazon Flex driver turning onto the man’s street and then striking the driver’s side of the man’s parked Volkswagen Rabbit. Instead of stopping to check the damage or leave contact information, the driver kept on driving. Investigators say the footage shows the package being delivered to the house as well, then the driver heading off down the road.
That should have made the case easy to solve, but there was a catch. The dashcam didn’t actually capture the Amazon vehicle’s license plate Without a plate, police were left with footage of the crash and no way to track the driver respnsible. A delivery van looks a lot like every other delivery van, after all, especially Amazon Flex vehicles.
The next logical step was to ask Amazon for the information. That’s where things started to stall a bit. Police said they tried several times to speak with the company about the incident, without success. As it stands, the driver has not been identified and no one has been held responsible for the damage. The case is a small example of a much bigger problem, which is what happens when a gig-economy driver causes damage and simply moves on.
Why It’s So Hard to Track Down the Delivery Driver
Lititz investigators looked into a crash that happened in April after dashcam footage shows an Amazon driver crashing into a legally parked car while delivering a package in April.https://t.co/2y1kWPNYJm
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Catching the company is easy. It’s finding the actual driver that’s the hard part. Plenty of Amazon deliveries are handled through Amazon Flex nowadays. It’s a program that has independent contractors use their own cars to drop off packages. It can make tracking down those on routes much more difficult.
A license plate usually cuts through all of that, which is why it matters so much that the camera missed it here. With a plate, police can tie a vehicle to a registered owner and work backward. Without one, they’re often left relying on the company to identify which contractor was on that route at that time. When the company doesn’t engage, as police say happened here, the trail can simply go cold.
What to Do If Someone Hits Your Parked Car and Leaves
If this happens to you, get all the footage and proof you possibly can. Security cameras, doorbell cams, and dashcams like this man’s can capture what you didn’t see, so save anything that recorded the street. If you can, jot down the plate, the vehicle, the time, and any visible damage before it gets cleaned up. Then file a police report. Most insurance claims will require it when you file.
Your own insurance may help even if the other driver is never found, since collision and uninsured-motorist coverage can apply to hit-and-run damage. When a delivery is involved, it’s worth reporting the incident to the company directly too, in case they can match it to a driver. None of that guarantees a result, as this case shows. Still, the more you document up front, the better your odds of not eating the repair bill yourself.