LAW QUESTION! please help me?

Question

ok well today i was pulling into a parking spot in between 2 cars. i thought that my van was small enough to fit in but it wasn't........and i hit the little car to my right, and i clipped their bumper.

considering how huge of a dent my car had (about the size of a plate......mabye 7in by 7in about) the other car only had a little bit of grey paint from my car.

i then pulled off into the other side of the parking lot & called my bf because i didn't know what to do and he said put a note with your insurance and phone number so they could get it fixed (even though there was hardly any damage to their car)

i said ok and as i was getting reasy to go over and everything the guy comes out of the store and gets in his car and just drives away........he didn't even see what happened..........

.......do i need to report this?

Answer 1

It would be in your best interests--you don't know if somebody wrote down your license number, and you could get charged with hit and run for not reporting it.

Answer 2

Yes, you need to file a police report because even though they left, this could be looked as a hit and run in the eyes of the law.