If you’re hit by a hit-and-run driver, you’re as good as dead to them.

Hit-and-run wrecks happen more often than you think. Even though it seems unthinkable that a driver might hurt or kill someone in a car wreck and then leave them for dead, more and more Texas drivers are doing just that.

Nationally, one in every ten car wrecks is a hit-and-run. That means a driver runs into another vehicle and leaves the scene without checking to see if his victim is okay or before exchanging identification and insurance information. What’s worse, a hit-and-run driver doesn’t care if he killed or hurt someone. To him, he’s leaving them for dead.

What’s more, hit-and-run drivers are usually trying to hide something. They are probably drunk, wanted by the law, or doing something illegal. Some are uninsured and don’t want to face up to the financial consequences of what they’ve done.

Amazingly, many hit-and-run drivers are fully insured, well-to-do people who consciously decide to run away from the responsibility of caring for and paying for the damage they’ve done. They think they’ll get away. But they don’t.

Many hit-and-run drivers don’t realize witnesses see their license plate number and call 9-1-1. Some leave crucial evidence—like a broken license plate—behind at the scene. Luckily, Texas law enforcement officers are among the best and most diligent in the country at finding and arresting hit-and-run drivers.

Selden & Company works with law enforcement officials to find hit-and-run drivers and make them pay. When we find a hit-and-run driver, we don’t let up. We go after every penny of their insurance coverage. If that’s not enough, we collect on their personal assets. One thing’s for sure: It doesn’t pay to hit-and-run if we get involved.

If you or someone you love has been hurt or killed by a hit-and-run driver, please give us a call at 364-0655 or 1-800-657-1138.