A juvenile driver was issued a summons for false reporting after he fabricated a hit and run incident at Copper Mountain, according to the Summit County Sheriff’s Office.
The teen contacted deputies claiming his vehicle had been struck while it was parked at the resort and he was out skiing. When a deputy arrived to assess the damage, the story didn’t hold up. The damage found on the vehicle was inconsistent with the report the teenager had given.
A full investigation revealed that the teen had been involved in a separate accident earlier that same day. He and the other driver had agreed at the scene that there was no visible damage and chose not to exchange information or file a report.
After returning from skiing, the teen discovered significant damage to his vehicle that he said he had not noticed during the initial post-accident assessment. Fearing how his parents would react, he filed the false hit and run report in an attempt to avoid responsibility for the earlier collision.
Deputies ultimately pieced together the full timeline, issued the teen a summons for false reporting, and filed an official report for the original accident.
The Summit County Sheriff’s Office has not indicated whether any action was taken against the other driver involved in the initial collision for failing to report the accident.
