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So truth be told despite the title of the thread I felt kinda bad for this guy, but anyways... So I'm on the way home from my grandparents this afternoon in Gallatin. I had been helping them move some furniture. I'm going down Highway 109 at about 50mph or so nothing crazy. There is a big bridge going across the lake and the bridge kinda arches up so you cant see the other side of it until you are almost to the middle. So i'm cruising along and start to go over the bridge, there is a ford taurus in front of me but they are 2 or 3 seconds ahead so I'm nowhere near tailgating well as I see him go over the top of the bridge i see his brake lights come on, no big deal so I start slowing down a little. Well as I get closer to the top of the bridge I see the very top of a tractor trailer rig on the other side so im thinking what the heck so i start slowing down more then right as I round the top of the bridge I see the Taurus completely stopped 20ft in front of me so I lock up my breaks and tried scooting over a little but there is a 75ft drop off on one side and oncoming traffic in the other lane so I dont have many options. I slid right into him kinda hard but not hard enough to set off my airbags then he slides into an older chevy pickup. So I get out and walk up and the guy in the taurus was like a 30yo ish mexican and the other guy is like a 50 year old guy. So i get out expecting the dude in the taurus to be pissed as hell but he suprisingly wasnt because he said there wasnt too much i could do to avoid hitting him. So we were all good nobody hurt. But on my truck it dented in the top part of the bumper a little and bent in the bottom left where my tow hook went through his bumper but nothing major basically the bumper needs to be replaced and that should be it. His trunk lid got smashed and flew open and the rear part of his car was all mashed up and where he hit the guy infront of him the guys bumper cruched up the taurus's hood and kinda messed up the radiator. all that happened to the front truck was his bumper bent slightly but he didnt care really. But so i start talking to both of them and asked if either had called the cops yet. well when I did that the mexican was like no no no my friend we dont need to do that. so i was like why man cuz you gotta anytime you get in a wreck? and he was like no please dont my friend I dont have a license. So i asked if he was illegal and he didnt speak much english so he didnt understand but i said do you live here and he was like oh yes i do. So im not too sure on if he was legal or illegal. But anyways somebody else called the cops so they show up and we pull off the bridge, luckily his car started. and then we went through all the normal wreck stuff no big deal but im not really sure what happened to the guy because the state trooper told me and the other guy we could leave after giving us the paper work but he started talking to the mexican guy as we were pulling off. So wether he was illegal or not I still felt bad for the guy because I think no matter what he was going to be getting in some trouble. He was really nice too which made me feel even worse about the whole situation but owell i guess.
So the trooper didnt say anything to me about it, but i know its always your fault when you rearend somebody, however do you all think I will still be held responsible to pay for his damages since he didnt have a drivers license?
So the trooper didnt say anything to me about it, but i know its always your fault when you rearend somebody, however do you all think I will still be held responsible to pay for his damages since he didnt have a drivers license?