The vets where my daughter works as veterinary nurse, has an agreement with the pub a few yards up the road to allow staff to park their cars due to the limited space in the vets car park.
Yesterday lunch time, she had a phone call from the landlord of the pub informing her that a customer had parked his van, and was in the pub having his drink when customers started shouting that a van was rolling backwards across the car park. By the time the owner had got outside it was too late, the van had rolled across the car park, stopping when it made impact with the front of my daughters car, a Mini Cooper S. The impact has broken both spot lights, dented the bonnet, and caused some damage to the front bumper. It transpires that the driver had not applied the handbrake.
My daughter has been advised by her insurance company, not to make contact with the vans policy holder who lives in the next road to us, but refer his insurance company to them. As the car is driveable, they also advised her to go down the route of making the claim directly from the third parties insurance.
