- Omaha resident Al Hall was involved in a three-part disaster starting with a rear-end collision at 108th and Maple Street, followed by a lackluster 911 response, and culminating in discovering the other driver’s insurance was invalid.
Getting hit from behind at a red light is already a terrible Tuesday. But for Omaha resident Al Hall, the collision at 108th and Maple Street was just the opening act of a three-part disaster nobody asked to be a part of.
Hall was sitting still, minding his own business, when another driver plowed into the back of his car and sent him sliding into the middle of the intersection. Not exactly the afternoon he had planned. With a passenger and his dog in the car, the situation could have been a lot worse, and for a moment, it seemed like things might actually go smoothly from there.
They did not.
When 911 Says “Best of Luck Out There”
After being struck from behind and pushed into the intersection, Hall did what any reasonable person would do: he called 911. What he got back was essentially a shrug. Officers told him they were too busy to respond and directed him to file a report online, since no one was injured…