THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1081

118. (Report of Accident Required. ) (a) The operator
of every motor vehicle which is in any manner involved
in an accident within this State, in which any person is
killed or injured, or in which damage to the property of
any one person, including himself, in excess of [$50] $100.
$75. is sustained, shall within [forty-eight hours] five
days report the matter in writing to the Department. If
such operator be physically incapable of making such re-
port, the owner of the motor vehicle involved in such acci-
dent, shall, as soon as he learns of the accident, report the
matter in writing to the Department. The operator or the
owner shall make such other and additional reports re-
lating to such accident as the Department shall require.

(b) Failure to report an accident as herein provided or
failure to give correctly the information required of him
by the Department in connection with such report shall be
a misdemeanor and, in the event of injury or damage to
the person or property of another in such accident, shall
also constitute a ground for suspension or revocation of

1. the license or registration for any motor vehicles, or
of all such licenses and registrations of the person failing
to make such report as herein required, and

2. the non-resident's operating privilege of such person.

119. (Security Required Following Accident Unless Evi-
dence of Insurance—Suspension for Failure to Deposit
Security. ) Within [sixty] ninety days after the receipt
of a report of a motor vehicle accident within this State
which has resulted in bodily injury or death, or damage to
the property of any one person in excess of [$50. ] $100.
$75., the Department shall suspend the license of each oper-
ator and all registrations of each owner of a motor vehicle
in any manner involved in such accident, and if such oper-
ator is a non-resident the privilege of operating a motor
vehicle within this State, and if such owner is a non-resident
the privilege of the use within this State of any motor
vehicle owned by him, unless such operator or owner or both
shall deposit security in a sum which shall be sufficient in
the judgment of the Department to satisfy any judgment or
judgments for damages resulting from such accident as
may be recovered against such operator or owner; provided
notice of such suspension shall be sent by the Department
to such operator and owner not less than 10 days prior
to the effective date of such suspension and shall state the
amount required as security.