cachechic, the police did the right thing by not writing a ticket right away.
"After getting the poice report, we learned that the driver of the car was never issued a summons????
I don't understand!"
If the police had given the driver a traffic ticket at the scene of the accident he could have gone right away to the courthouse and paid the fine. If your husband would have been injured more than he was and ended up dead in the hospital a few hours latter how would you feel if you found out that because the police gave a ticket to the guy and he paid it already that he could not be charged with your husbands death. When you pay a ticket what you are doing is pleading guilty and the court by accepting your payment of the fine accepts your plea. The driver can still be charged with what ever charge the police feel is right.