No. 1: ‘Crash Data Recorder Tells All’
A Winnipeg man stated that he had been the victim of two consecutive hit-and-runs. On the same night.
The man told Manitoba Public Insurance investigators that he was struck from behind by a dark SUV while driving in rural Manitoba. The driver of the SUV did not stop, so the man quickly went into pursuit mode. A short time later, the vehicle owner claimed his vehicle was hit from the side by a truck – with the driver of the truck getting out and fleeing to the original dark SUV.
This stranger-than-fiction story quickly resulted in an SIU investigation, at which time the Crash Data Recorder indicated that the vehicle was parked at the time of the impacts. The man would be charged, and later pleaded guilty to public mischief, receiving a fine of $3,500. His claim was also denied, resulting in a saving of $15,000 to Manitoba Public Insurance ratepayers.
