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Originally Posted by Nothing like an SS
Just for fun, I'll leave this here:
Leaving the scene of an accident in NY involving property damage or personal injury is a serious violation. After an accident, you must stop your vehicle and exchange insurance information with the other party. If either of you summons the police to the scene, you must wait for them to arrive.
If you leave the scene of an accident without exchanging insurance information or if you do not wait for the police to arrive after an accident, there may be serious legal consequences. This includes traditional hit-and-run accidents when the driver responsible for an accident strikes another vehicle and leaves the scene. If you are in a parking lot or strike an unoccupied vehicle or another object, you must make a good faith to locate the owner or to make sure that your insurance information is left: putting your insurance information on the vehicle for the other driver to find, for example. You should exchange information even if only minor damage is done to the vehicle. You must also notify the police of the accident. They will let you know whether or not they will come to the scene of the accident for a police report or if you are able to leave.
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More importantly for Ember:
https://cga.ct.gov/2015/rpt/pdf/2015-R-0189.pdf
The law requires a motor vehicle operator who is knowingly involved in an accident to stop and render assistance as may be needed and provide an injured person, an officer, a witness, or an owner of damaged property with his or her name, address, and operator's license and registration number.
A driver who fails to do so is subject to different penalties depending on whether it is a first or subsequent offense and whether the violation
resulted in death, serious physical injury, physical injury, or property damage.
Penalties range from up to one year imprisonment, a fine of $75 to $600, or both to up to 20 years in prison, a fine of up to $20,000, or both, effective October 1, 2015. Offenders also face license suspension penalties.