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sm

t p

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h

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n eme

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ny t

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3. St

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If you

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iously inju

ed, st

y on the scene.

hy? St

ying put

ccomplishes th

ee things: Fi

st, it

llo

s you to spe

k to l enfo

cement. Police

ho come to the

ccident scene

ill file

c

sh

epo

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cts

bout

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mes of

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e to give

full

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t you

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Second, sticking

ound

llo

s you to get cont

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m

tion f

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ll d

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s involved. You need thei

n

mes, numbe

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dd

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nd most impo

t

ntly, thei

insunce info

m

tion. Thi

d, you should t

ke pictu

es of the

ccident scene

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smtphone (onothe

c

me, if you h

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This one should be

no-bine

, but you’d be su

p

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m

ny people skip it.

If eme

gency

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s decide you need eme

gency medic

l

ttention, do not decline. Let them t

ke you to

n eme

gency

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ny people

o

y

bout costly medic

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ll othe

conside

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If eme

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gency t

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tment is not needed in you

c

se, you e NOT off the hook. Go see

docto

s soon

s possible. Do not it

ny longe

th

n

d

y to do so.

hy? Bec

use it is enti

ely possible to be inju

ed, even se

iously inju

ed f

om blo

s to the he

d,

nd not feel like

nything is ong

ith you. It is not uncommon, in f

ct, fon

ccident to

ele

se

su

ge of

d

en

line into you

body th

t m

y m

sk m

ny inju

y symptoms.

docto

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mine you, identify

ny inju

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tment. Follo

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tions! If the docto

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tion, then fill the p

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nd t

ke it. If the doctoecommends su

ge

y, see the su

geon

t once. If the doctoecommends physic

l the

py, set

n

ppointment

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physic

l thepist. Not only does follo

ing medic

l

dvice p

otect you

he

lth, it

lso c

e

tes impo

t

nt medic

l

eco

ds th

t you

lye

m

y find useful in getting you the compens

tion you need

nd dese

ve fo

ny inju

ies. If you postpone o

decline t

e

tment, you

ill lose out on settlement money

nd f

ce othe

lifelong complic

tions. It’s just not

o

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the t

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t hu

t you, you m

y h

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ight to seek compens

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d

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t

t

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used you

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the compens

tion you dese

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s p

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inju

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ccident

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ts p

ovide evidence

bout

ho o

h

t c

used the

ccident. Pictu

es of the vehicles

nd the

ccident scene illust

te the n

tu

e, fo

ce,

nd c

uses of the

ccident. Eme

gency

oom visits

nd doctoppointments c

e

te medic

l

eco

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t se

ve

s evidence

nd p

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inju

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nd

h

t c

used them.

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nd on, but you get the ide

. Not only does the evidence

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ho c

used

n

ccident

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tu

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c

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te the

mount of money you should

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you

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