Who’s to blame? Driver disputes fault after Tinley Park car wash crash

Summary

A routine car wash ended with a collision, about $4,000 in damage and a dispute over responsibility, according to a customer who insists she did nothing wrong. Bria Brooks says she had visited Gas & Wash on West 183rd Street dozens of times before the Jan. 16, 2026, incident. Now, she wants other drivers to know about her experience. "I was so scared," Brooks said. "I didn’t know what was happening." A sudden stop, then a collision Brooks says driving a Lexus RX 350 through the automatic wash when the vehicle stopped moving. "I was going through the car wash and all of a sudden it stopped,"…

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