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

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 collisionBrooks 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," she said. "I thought they must have stopped the car wash. It was bad grinding underneath the car."About four minutes later, she says, the driver behind her knocked on her window."It was the man behind me because he hit me," Brooks said.According to Brooks, that driver blamed the equipment."He said, ‘I hit you because this machine malfunctioned,’" she said.The records reviewed by FOX 32 do not establish w