Advice please

You misunderstand what hearsay is in a legal proceeding. Repeating what a participant says is not hearsay. Repeating what someone SAID the participant said is hearsay.

If a bankrobber says "give me all of the money" to a bank teller. The teller is a witness to the act and the words of the robber. If you are the roomate of the bank teller and the teller told you the robber said "give me all the money" the roommate's claim is hearsay.

 

Now, now... There is good hearsay and bad hearsay. The litmus test is who is giving it, and to whom it is directed against. Lotta variables there.
I like it all. You lie about it; and if we are tight, I will swear to it. Next...

 

I don't know if I would report the "fell asleep" statement or not. I would want to think about it for a while. You have no blame in the matter either way unless you were aware he was tired or driving poorly and didn't do anything. Chances are dashcam of somebody is going to show what happened. The driver's going to deal with this forever whether you participate or not.

I would get a lawyer and make no statement to ANYONE else until your lawyer has heard everything. You are tired or recovering and people should leave you alone with no further explanation from you. Only your lawyer will work to protect you.

 

All he has to say is he was asleep in the bunk and all he knows is he woke up surrounded by somebodies accident. It would disqualify him from employment at another bs freight outfit in the future, but I’d hire a whole bus load of ambulance chasers on that one. That other driver, the individuals involved in vetting and hiring that driver, and the carrier would have to hold both hands over their ##### if it was me. The lawyer will explain to the jury how egregious it was for them to put his life at risk in the hands of an under-qualified driver like that. Oh my back, oh my neck and PTSD, there’s several million in that.

 

You know any bank tellers seeking roomies? Next too a nymphomaniac; who has a liquor store, bank teller be satisfactory.

 

I hope you get well soon. There is nothing to be gained by replaying the crash or what happened immediately after. You did what you had to and survived. Let him worry about him. You don't need to stack a whole lot of emotions and what-ifs into the event. Doing so will just make it hard later.

 

Nymphomaniac cocaine dealer with a Ferrari dealership - George Carlin

 

It's NOT your job to help anyone reach an acceptable outcome after this event. Your job is to report what happened, if you are 100% sure it happened. The less people you tell your version of events, the better. You need a lawyer and to rest. Little thing early may be very important later, so do as little as necessary.

 

You were on those drugs in a trauma. Don't relive it. You cant change anything, you weren't expecting or trained how to do anything after the wreck etc. It happened, you did what you did, it's done. "I should have done X" is normal. EVERYONE would have it. It DOES NOT mean you should have done something else.

Get a lawyer, don't talk to others. Assume all phone calls are recorded. Make no statement until you speak to a lawyer.