...then the guy who hit him drove off. On my brother's rear bumper, was the imprint of the guy's license plate.
How do you see the relevance? What car his brother happened to be driving at the time he was rear ended by somebody else, who fled the scene of the accident, has very little to do with anything.
again, just in case anyones confused, it was more paint getting rubbed off and the layer of road salt on the cars which were imprinted