Car Crash Basics Part II

When you go to the doctor or hospital, ask for a copy of your medical and billing records for your file. Keep all your documents relating to the crash in one place for easy reference and to make sure you are not missing anything later when you are in a position to settle your case. A couple of other items which you should try and get as soon as possible are the crash report and 911 tapes. You should have received some case information from the police officer who came to the scene. That will give you the information you need to order a copy of the report. When you order it (you can usually go down and pick-up a copy) make sure you pay the dollar or so extra and get a certified copy. When you get it make a copy and keep the original safe. When you are ordering the crash report ask for a copy of any 911 calls for your wreck. Generally they are only kept a short time, so do this early. The last thing for this segment is to go take some pictures of the scene where the wreck happened to show what it looked like. Also look for any skid marks, etc. on the road and take pictures of those as well. Next time we will discuss what information you can get from the crash report and 911 tapes and how to use them.