crash_reports: 22000209

OPERATOR OF MV 1 STATES THAT HE WAS ON BEACON ST TRAVELING WEST. MV 2 WAS DRIVING IN THE LANE NEXT TO HIM AND BEGAN MERGING INTO HIS LANE, STRIKING MV 1 ON THE FRONT RIGHT FRONT. MINOR DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE OPERATOR OF MV 1 GOT OUT OF HIS VEHICLE AND SPOKE TO THE OPERATOR OF MV2 WHO STATED THAT HE DIDN'T REALIZE HE HAD STRUCK MV1. MV1 ASKED HIM TO PULL OVER AND EXCHANGE INFORMATION BUT THE OPERATOR OF MV 2 ENDED UP DRIVING AWAY BEFORE THEY EXCHANGED. MV 1 STATED THAT THE OPERATOR OF MV 2 WAS ELDERLY AND DIDN'T SEEM TOO SURE ON WHAT TO DO. I ADVISED THE OPERATOR OF MV 1 THAT I WOULD FOLLOW UP WITH THE OTHER OPERATOR INVOLVED AND DOCUMENT THE ACCIDENT. ON 3/10/22 I SPOKE TO THE OPERATOR OF MV 2 IDENTIFIED AS FRANK AUSTEN WHO STATED TO ME THAT HE WAS NOT AWARE THAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN ANY ACCIDENT YESTERDAY. HE STATED HE WAS IN THE CORRECT LANE IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC YESTERDAY ON BEACON ST DURING THE TIME IN QUESTION. HE ACKNOWLEDGES THE OPERATOR OF MV 1 GESTURING TO HIM ABOUT SOMETHING BUT STATED HE GOT OUT OF HIS VEHICLE AND CHECKED FOR DAMAGE. SINCE HE DIDN'T SEE ANY DAMAGE, HE DIDN'T THINK HE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND LEFT TO GO HOME. OPERATOR OF MV 2 WAS GIVEN THE ACCIDENT REPORT NUMBER AND ADVISED.