Woman’s car hit by city plow in hit and run city refuses to pay for damages

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) -The final main snowstorm in Cleveland continues to be haunting Darlene DosReis. On February sixth, DosReis was standing in her kitchen when a snowplow got here roaring down her road.

“We had been all excited and hoping {that a} snow truck would lastly arrive and shovel us out,” mentioned DosReis.

Shortly after she received a knock on her door from her neighbor saying her automotive was hit by town plow and the driving force had simply taken off.

She walked exterior to a broken automotive and an unplowed road.

“He tore up and scratched up the hood, broke my windshield, did injury to the entrance panel and driver aspect door,” mentioned DosReis.

DosReis known as the police and filed a report. She was then instructed to file a declare with town and switch in two completely different estimates for the damages.

One estimate was for a complete of round 6 thousand {dollars}.

“Then I get the letter saying no all they’ll pay is the five hundred {dollars} for my deductible,” mentioned DosReis.

She instructed 19 Information she didn’t assume it was truthful and believed that town ought to be required to file it with their insurance coverage and pay for all the damages, so she known as the legislation division for town.

“She mentioned you’re proper ma’am, you’re proper I agree it’s not truthful,” defined DosReis.

The 19 Information Troubleshooter group reached out to town to get their aspect of the story.

We had been instructed the workplace was closed in order that they didn’t have sufficient time to create a press release.

“What I’d hope is that you just, Mayor Bibb, would do the correct factor and your workplace and maintain the damages that had been carried out,” mentioned Dos Reis. “I mustn’t need to pursue different avenues so far as taking it to courtroom”.

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