Accident in Queens, New York: Dashcam video from the accident on the Belt Parkway shows suspected insurance fraudsters backing into the car

QUEENS (WABC) – A woman is warning other drivers after her dashcam appears to have thwarted an attempted car insurance scam on the Belt Parkway in Queens.

Asphia Natasha was driving on the busy highway on Wednesday morning when another car cut her off, forcing her to slam on the brakes.

She narrowly missed hitting the car, but the other driver then put the car in reverse, accelerated and crashed into Natasha’s vehicle.

“I just treated it like an accident. You know, I asked them if they were OK. We were able to exchange information. “The guy in the video told me that the woman was the driver and she didn’t speak any English,” Natasha said.

But in the incident video, the backseat passengers can be seen trying to cover the rear window while the driver climbs into the passenger seat before getting out of the car and pretending to be injured.

Everyone in the car then got out and took photos and videos of the damage.

“They hurried to leave. They said we have to go. We have to pick up our baby. And when I turned around to check on the car, they just got in their car and left,” Natasha said.

After watching the footage, they believed they had been scammed.

“When they took the videos to the police, they almost certainly said they had seen similar scams like this,” said Hudson Kuang, Natasha’s partner.

According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, fraudulent car accidents occur more often in urban areas where there are more vehicles and criminals target women driving alone.

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