Wife in hit and run

I know this is a long shot, but................

My wife was heading east on Hwy 98 at Henderson Beach Rd (near Wal-Mart) around 5:00 p.m. Saturday, October 1st. A lady hit her broadside, stopped to talk to my wife to see if she was ok, then got back in her car and took off. No one stopped to help.

The car that hit her was a silver BMW, possibly a 5 series built between 1997-2000. The BMW completely lost its front bumper and other parts. The front bumper contained a license plate with only a BMW decal. The lady appeared to be in her 50's with blond hair, large cleavage, and said she worked for a dealership. She may have been drinking before the accident.

Anyone with any information please pm me. Thanks.

Unreal... Good luck OMB!

Unreal... Good luck OMB!

Thanks Moondance. Somewhere there's a lady with a damaged silver BMW; no front bumper cover. If she is driving it anywhere around here I hope someone sees it and lets me know. She needs to be off the road before she kills someone. It could easily have been my wife and daughter today. They were lucky.

Thanks Moondance. Somewhere there's a lady with a damaged silver BMW; no front bumper cover. If she is driving it anywhere around here I hope someone sees it and lets me know. She needs to be off the road before she kills someone. It could easily have been my wife and daughter today. They were lucky.

Any tag info?? Local or tourist?

I know this is a long shot, but................

My wife was heading east on Hwy 98 at Henderson Beach Rd (near Wal-Mart) around 5:00 p.m. Saturday, October 1st. A lady hit her broadside, stopped to talk to my wife to see if she was ok, then got back in her car and took off. No one stopped to help.

The car that hit her was a silver BMW, possibly a 5 series built between 1997-2000. The BMW completely lost its front bumper and other parts. The front bumper contained a license plate with only a BMW decal. The lady appeared to be in her 50's with blond hair, large cleavage, and said she worked for a dealership. She may have been drinking before the accident.

Anyone with any information please pm me. Thanks.

I have a friend thats a sherif in south FL. I could ask him to look up the plate and year for you... let me know...

I have a friend thats a sherif in south FL. I could ask him to look up the plate and year for you... let me know...

My wife called 911 and the Okaloosa County Sherriff's responded quickly. But by then the lady was gone. No tag info. The sherriff took the scattered car parts with him. I got some part numbers from the parts and from that came up with what I believe was the 5 series BMW.

OnMackBayou

Holy cow.

I am really sorry to hear this. I am glad your wife and daughter are okay, and I hope this person is found.

Something like this happened in our neighborhood a couple years ago, and they were able to catch the people responsible.

I personally do not have any experience with awful BMW drivers, but just last week I perused a lo-o-ong anti-BMW driver thread on another messageboard.

Is your wife OK? Let's hope this hit-and-run driver gets caught. This may not be the last time the person does this, especially if she gets away with it. Egads...

Sorry Mack. Hope someone is able to help find her. You've given a good description. She'll be heading for an autobody shop somewhere with that damage. Good luck.

:shock: That sucks. I will keep an eye out around here and get the tag if I see it. Why would the lady say she worked for a dealership? Perhaps you/ police could contact the BMW dealerships in the southeast and have them look for the car missing the front end. Surely, they will want to get it repaired. BMW people are usually very brand loyal and will probably take it to the dealership to have the body work repaired -- if the lady did not work for a dealership.

If the batty broad (platinum blonde with large cleavage? cmon') leaves florida and heads home out of state then the local sherrif can call in the FBI, or probably wouldn't because of the local crime stats, but you can contact them after a couple of weeks at their local office wherever that may be (panama city or maybe talahasee) and, for what its worth, suggest they look into it.

My bet it's a local and probably in Vertical Real Estate.

Or maybe from Georgia and works at a BMW dealership.

Wal-Mart has security cameras and records everything in the parking lot AND ENTRANCES. Might be worth a shot to remind your insurance company about it.

I'd call all the local BMW dealers Monday morning, including used, looking for that 'good looking salesperson' that you talked to 'last week' about that 'marvelous BMW' that was the same color as the one she drives.

her lawyer will probably blame it on the red tide affecting the oxygen supply to her one brain cell

Sorry to hear about your wife's accident. Maybe you want run an ad in the local paper. I think they will do this for free for public service. The driver may
see the ad and turn herself in but the police find her or a witness could come forward.

Sorry to hear about your wife's accident. Maybe you want run an ad in the local paper. I think they will do this for free for public service. The driver may
see the ad and turn herself in but the police find her or a witness could come forward.

That is a good idea. I know someone who had their mailbox smashed and was able to get the description of the car and put this info in the local paper. About two weeks passed and someone called to tell my neighbor where the driver lives, he drove out there and found that this was the kid that had destroyed his mailbox with the front end of his car.

Sorry to hear about your wife's accident. Maybe you want run an ad in the local paper. I think they will do this for free for public service. The driver may
see the ad and turn herself in but the police find her or a witness could come forward.

Good idea. With the good description you have of both the driver and her car, I'd say there's a pretty good chance someone will recognize this dork.

Sorry to hear about your wife's accident OMB, but the most important this is that she wasn't injured, thank God! Sure hope you find the driver, Good luck!

Sorry to hear about your wife's accident. Maybe you want run an ad in the local paper. I think they will do this for free for public service. The driver may
see the ad and turn herself in but the police find her or a witness could come forward.

Thanks hutch, I will try to do that. I believe she may be a local. She was headed across 98 into an area of condos along old 98. I may see if any of the buildings have that type of vehicle registered for their parking lot.

She said she worked for a dealership when she realized my wife was calling 911. She was, I guess, going to maybe try to settle it privately. But she became obnoxious when my wife insisted on calling the police. Then she ran.

Hutch is so cute!!

I'd run those ads in the NWFL Daily News and in the Destin Log...and I'd call Quality Imports in Ft Walton first thing in the morning. The car may not have come from there, but I'm sure they would be interested in helping you.

Good luck, and I am glad your wife was not injured (physically).

Same thing happened to me and my wife last year. The funny thing is, the hit and run girl lived about a block from my house. :floor:

This is just a possibility but you said you had some car part numbers. Those part numbers are usually associated with that specific car. If you track the part number to a VIN number then run a check on the VIN you can get the full service records for the car. Then you might be able to track to the dealership in the area to find her. I will do some checking with a friend that owns a BMW repair shop to see if he might have some insight to finding this person.

jt

I know this is a long shot, but................

My wife was heading east on Hwy 98 at Henderson Beach Rd (near Wal-Mart) around 5:00 p.m. Saturday, October 1st. A lady hit her broadside, stopped to talk to my wife to see if she was ok, then got back in her car and took off. No one stopped to help.

The car that hit her was a silver BMW, possibly a 5 series built between 1997-2000. The BMW completely lost its front bumper and other parts. The front bumper contained a license plate with only a BMW decal. The lady appeared to be in her 50's with blond hair, large cleavage, and said she worked for a dealership. She may have been drinking before the accident.

Anyone with any information please pm me. Thanks.