EDIT: Finally know everything that has occurred legally. My stepdad has some friends and found out what was reported. After the officer told me I could leave, the drivers of both cars were taken to the hospital and the officer eventually met up with the guy overtaking me once he was stable. Guy told him I sped up and that I was “mad he was passing me.” Said Officer went back and looked up my license number (whoever said they normally get numbers for everyone was right. I didn’t even think he actually got it) and saw that I already had a speeding citation (from a year ago) and considered it reasonable enough to give me the leaving scene of an accident citation. So. The officer stated his reasoning was the discovery of new evidence i.e. my old ticket.

My parents are furious and we’re just waiting for my day in court because there’s no evidence I sped up, there’s no dash cam footage that’s mysteriously came up, there’s nothing besides the guy making an illegal pass saying it was my fault.

Hello! 17 year old here with okay driving history (I have a speeding ticket but I did my time for it). I was on the way to school a few weeks ago and was driving pretty much at the speed limit because it’s been rainy for a few weeks and I’m also just still paranoid since my first ticket. Two lane road, solid yellow lines.

Cue a-hole tailing me and eventually crossing over to pass. I guess he didn’t look good enough because he ended up going headfirst into a car in the opposite lane. I swerved out into the grass and my car was fine but the other two were pretty messed up. The first police on scene did ticket him for crossing the solid yellow but the driver was pretty much unconscious anyway.

I moved on from it since I didn’t cause the accident and I went on to school. Yesterday, my stepdad got some papers (my car is registered in his name) from the juvenile court for my county saying I was being faulted for an accident and that this guy’s insurance was coming after me. I was so confused because my car wasn’t damaged, I don’t need this on my driving record, and so on. My stepdad went through the papers and it seems like the original driver is trying to say it was my fault he hit someone because I was supposed to slow down when I saw him passing.

I have absolutely no idea what to do here. Is this a situation where I can tell him to pound sand or should I take it seriously?

Edit: My stepdad called juvie court today and asked what I was charged with and he was told that the officer on scene I spoke to (I told him exactly what happened - guy passed me and hit someone. He asked to see my license. I didn’t see why not. He basically said “Thanks for reporting I’ll contact you if I need anything else have a good day”) is citing me for leaving the scene of an accident. And the reason he let me go then was because he “didn’t know I could’ve prevented the accident until further investigation.”

We’re even more confused and my parents went to the insurance people today and they said no one has contacted them but they made copies of all the paperwork and that we’d all just have to wait. I’m guessing other driver got my license plate number and told him I sped up or something. I don’t know what to do here because if this sticks, I lose my license until I turn 21 (stipulation of my first ticket).