the crime of a driver of a vehicle who is involved in a collision with another vehicle,
property or human being, who knowingly fails to stop to give his/her name, license
number and other information as required by statute to the injured party, a witness
or law enforcement officers. If there is only property damage and no other person
is present, leaving the information attached to the damaged property may be sufficient,
provided the person causing the accident makes a report to the police. Hit and run
statutes vary from state to state. It is not a violation of the constitutional protection
against self-incrimination to be required to stop and give this information since
it is a report and not an admission of guilt. Some hit and run cases are difficult
to determine, such as the driver leaves the accident scene to go a block to his/her
house or the neighborhood repair garage, and then walks back to the scene.
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