'Baseball-sized hail': Toronto man owes car rental company $18K after hailstorm
CTV
A Toronto man is on the hook for about $18,000 after a car he rented over the summer was pelted by baseball-sized hail.
A Toronto man is on the hook for about $18,000 after a car he rented over the summer was pelted by baseball-sized hail.
Scarborough resident Vishwa Patel said he rented a car in Saskatchewan in August to go on a road-trip to Banff, Alta., with his friends.
They had the car for six days, but on the fifth day, Patel said they were caught in a massive hailstorm.
"We [were] met with a hailstorm and because our car was parked outside, the front and rear windshield was damaged," Patel told CTV News Toronto.
The hail that pelted the Calgary area then caused widespread damage to houses and cars, and became the second-costliest natural disaster in Canadian history after nearly $2.8 billion in claims were made.
"That hailstorm lasted for about 10 minutes, and it was baseball-sized hail," said Patel.
Patel was told to take the car back to the Alamo Rental Company, where he was given a different vehicle. After staff examined the car's damage, they told Patel he had to pay a $500 deductible and they would settle up later with his insurance company.
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