Quote Originally Posted by Ly Shell View Post
Hi Negrilmon I think my wife and I saw your accident. It was on Wednesday April 03 arround 2pm and you were driving a wine red 4 door sadan heading towards the roundabout. If this was you I am glad to see no one got hurt. I was very surprized of the reaction of some of the locals who also witnessed the scene. Once they realized it was a tourist they told the other driver to hurry up and leave before you even had a chance to get out of your car. It was a classic hit and run in broad daylight with lots of witnesses.
Hi Ly Shell, that must have been me that you saw...same color car, date, time and direction...If you recall, one witness ran over to me and gave me the license number, she told me the guy who hit me said he was running off because I was white/tourist.

I also never got any paperwork as was promised by the Negril police...I reported the accident on Wednesday right after it happened. Sargent Hall said come back Friday to pick up the legal documents for the rental car agency. Sargent Hall said Jamaican law gives the guy 24 hours to report the accident before they could do anything and once that period of time went by he would start the process.

Once I heard this I figured I was screwed but I went back Friday anyway just in case a miracle happened.

I arrived at the police station at 3:00 as requested by Sargent Hall but he wasn't there. They called him on his radio and he was out in the bush but they said he was on his way. Once he got there 30 minutes later he quickly said he had no paperwork available and I was now going to need the rental agency to contact him next week since I was leaving the following day.

At this point I didn't see many options so I accepted that I was out on this one and went out and had a great afternoon driving out to Orange Hill and some of the back country of Negril enjoying my last day in Jamaica for this trip.

I met some great people and had a great time!...Also saw a 7 foot Jamaican Boa (Yellow Snake)...My first snake in 38 years of Jamaican travel... It scared the heck out of my Jamaican friend!

Since I had no proof for the rental agency I was out the $500 deposit and learned that it is better to hire a driver in the future. No huge deal...no one was injured!

Think hard before renting a car...Probably better just to kick back and enjoy the ride.
You can also help a local by hiring them for the week and spreading a little of the wealth.
I believe minimum wage in Jamaica is about $40 a week!...Think about trying to live on $40 a week...