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Metro Transit bus runs over woman's leg in north Minneapolis

February 21, 2024 / 8:24 PM CST / CBS Minnesota

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MINNEAPOLIS — Police are investigating after a Metro Transit bus ran over a woman's leg in north Minneapolis on Wednesday.

According to the Metro Transit Police, officers responded to call involving a Metro C Line bus and a pedestrian at Penn Avenue North and Lowry Avenue North shortly before 5:45 p.m.

Police say surveillance video shows a woman running after the bus as it was pulling away from a stop when she slipped and fell. Her left leg was then run over the one of the back wheels of the bus.

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The woman suffered injuries that are not life-threatening.

The bus driver will be placed on standard administrative leave pending investigation.

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