Welcome Back, Chair. I hope you enjoyed your time away.
Sorry to hear about the property damage. About the only way to avoid those occasional annoyances is to not own any property at all, and let someone else worry about stuff like that! I hope the damage was minimal and inexpensive to fix.
Unfortunately, since a third party is involved, it's going to involve paying for damage (to a car). It's been described as a "scratch", but we'll see.