“I Wouldn’t Have Known Without Video”: Vehicle Owner Says LRS Truck Hit Parked Car, Left Scene in Plainfield

PLAINFIELD, Ind. — A man working at a Plainfield hotel says his legally parked vehicle was struck by a commercial waste truck early in the morning on February 5, and that he would not have known what happened if not for surveillance video from the property.

According to the vehicle owner, Ryan Gray, the incident occurred at approximately 5:53 a.m. while his vehicle was parked in the lot of the Wingate hotel in Plainfield, where he was working at the time.

Gray says surveillance footage from the hotel reportedly shows a commercial waste truck operated by LRS striking the driver’s side of his parked vehicle with enough force to move it several inches. He says the driver left the area without notifying him or leaving any contact or insurance information.

Gray states that he only became aware of the collision after reviewing the surveillance footage.

“I wouldn’t have known anything happened if it wasn’t for the video,” Gray said.

Police were later contacted and a report was filed. Gray says an LRS supervisor later responded and had the driver return to the scene. However, he states that even after police and a supervisor were present, he was not provided any insurance information or claim details.

Gray says he uses his vehicle for work and that the incident has impacted his ability to do his job. He also reports that in the days following the incident, he has attempted more than a dozen times to obtain insurance information from LRS, but says he has not received it.

Gray says the lack of communication has been frustrating, particularly given that his vehicle was legally parked and unattended at the time of the collision.

Kiwi News Network reached out to LRS for comment and clarification regarding the incident but had not received a response as of publication.