ELSPETH Newby knows accidents happen, but what she doesn’t accept is how someone could crash into her car and drive off without taking any responsibility.
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Elspeth and her husband Brian parked their Isuzu D Max 4WD in the Coles car park on Friday morning between 9.45am and 10.45am.
When they got back to their car, someone had crashed into its rear, causing considerable damage, but had not bothered to leave any contact details.
Mrs Newby is now hoping that someone may have witnessed the collision and is able to identify the offending driver, so they can give those details to the police.
Mrs Newby said the family had only bought the car in January this year, and it was their pride and joy.
“We will be paying this car off for seven years, and we waited such a long time to get it, it’s just very disappointing,” she said.
“Whoever did this is a low-life. They obviously know they hit the car. They even cleaned up every bit of remnant that was lying on the ground from our rear driver’s side tail light.”
Mrs Newby said the family now have to fork out $650 for the insurance excess to have their car repaired.
“We’ve been on to centre management to try and get CCTV footage and we have also been to the police, but so far no luck,” she said.
“The police said there isn’t a lot that can be done unless there is someone out there who saw it happen.”
Mrs Newby said she put her post on the local Crime Watch page, plus on Facebook and the Western Advocate Facebook page in case someone saw something.
“We love the car. We waited so long to buy it and we will be paying it off for seven years. It’s just very disheartening that whoever did this won’t own up,” she said.
“As I said, we are a one wage family, we struggle but we don’t bludge off anyone, and this is really going to put a dent in our Christmas budget.
“Everyone is struggling, but I’d like to think if something like that happened, most people would still do the right thing.
“But last week someone ran into my friend’s car, exchanged details but gave false information, so who knows?” she said.
Mrs Newby asked anyone who saw the crash to contact Bathurst police.