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According to
Massachusetts General Law Chapter 90 Section 26, every person
operating a motor vehicle which is involved in an accident in which
any person is killed or injured or in which there is damage in excess
of one thousand dollars to any one vehicle or other property shall,
within five days after the accident, report in writing to the
registrar on a form approved and send a copy thereof to the police
department having jurisdiction on the way where said accident
occurred; provided, however, that such police department shall accept
a report filed by an owner or operator whose vehicle has been damaged
in an accident in which another person has unlawfully left the scene
of such accident. Such report shall not be required during the period
of incapacity of any person who is physically incapable of making a
report. If the operator is not the owner of the vehicle and is
physically incapable of making such written report, the owner shall
within five days after the accident make such report based on such
knowledge as he may have and such information as he can obtain
regarding the accident. (Changed. by L. 1985, chap. 168, eff. 10/16/85)
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