Chaotic dashcam video captures the moment insurance fraud suspects crash into a motorist on the Belt Parkway in Queens, appear to fake injuries, and then appear on the dashcam. I noticed its existence.
According to video of the accident, Ashpia Natasha was driving on a three-lane parkway at 11 a.m. Wednesday when a silver Honda Accord merged onto the left from the center lane and cut her off, causing an erratic driver. He said he slammed on the brakes. Posted on TikTok.
Thanks to Natasha's quick reactions, a collision with the Honda was avoided.
The unpredictable operator stepped on the accelerator and turned on the hazards before crashing the car into Natasha's front bumper.
“Oh my god, what is he doing?” cried Natasha.
“I just got into an accident and I don't know what's going on,” Natasha told her husband on her car's speakerphone. “This guy just flipped towards me. What the hell is going on?”
Natasha claims the two rear seat passengers used a “tarpaulin” to cover the rear windshield so the male driver could swap seats with a female passenger.
Four passengers got out of the Honda and appeared to be injured while inspecting the bumper for damage.
Natasha said: “I think he was saying he crashed their car in order to commit insurance fraud.''
One of the female passengers, who exited the vehicle through the driver's door, appeared to have her cell phone out to record footage of both vehicles.
The red Kia that was chasing Natasha approached the scene of the accident and drove off with a man believed to be the driver.
Natasha recalled that the other three passengers' attitudes changed after they discovered her dashcam.
“They simply came out of the car with their cell phones to document the damage to both cars. They asked for insurance right away and left immediately after the replacement.”
The male passenger spoke to Natasha and explained that his wife was driving and did not speak English.
“They replaced my license, insurance, registration, everything so quickly that I didn't think anything of it,” she said in a follow-up video.
Natasha asked the remaining passengers if they could wait until her husband showed up, but Natasha replied that she had to leave “immediately to pick up the baby.”
When a tow truck came to check on Natasha's car, the other passengers took an opportunity to get back in their cars and leave.
“I'm not sure if they targeted me because of my car or if they saw me driving alone,” Natasha said. “They didn't follow me for a long time. Everything seemed to happen really quickly. It certainly seemed like this had been planned for a while. It's definitely not their first time. ”
The frustrated driver said he didn't realize the driver change or that it was “staged” until he watched the video again while he was driving himself and that “everything happened so fast.”
Natasha said she called the NYPD to report the accident, but was told that if no one was injured and both parties agreed to exchange information, police would not come to the scene.
The Post contacted the New York City Police Department.
According to the New York State Auto Theft and Insurance Fraud Prevention Commission, insurance companies reported 24,238 cases of suspected auto insurance fraud in 2020.
Of these, more than 18,000 cases were classified as no-fault insurance fraud, a 23% increase from 2019.
