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> I'm pretty sure that it's someone trying to find out more about the accident. This is a private investigator, not a police detective, not a reporter.


My guess is that it's an insurance company--they commonly hire private investigators. I would think this case--with a totaled car, an injured party, and a fatality--would definitely get the "fine tooth comb" treatment by an insurance company, and be well worth, to them, the expense of a private investigator.