Video shows pedestrian dodge rolling car after Minneapolis T-bone crash
MINNEAPOLIS — A pedestrian was nearly struck by an out-of-control car after a crash in Minneapolis Tuesday night.
A traffic camera captured the collision at about 10 p.m. at the intersection of University Avenue Southeast and 10th Street Southeast near the University of Minneapolis' East Bank campus.
The video shows a car traveling through a red light before it's T-boned by another vehicle. The car that ran the light then drove up a tree and rolled, narrowly hitting the pedestrian on the sidewalk.
Both drivers were men in their 20s from the Twin Cities, according to the police report. One of the drivers was transported to Hennepin Healthcare with unspecified injuries. The other driver and the pedestrian weren't hurt.
Police are still investigating.
"It was the craziest thing I've ever seen," said Keri Bedeaux.
If it wasn't for missing one turn leaving a Twins game, best friends Bedeaux and Nicole Scofield wouldn't have been at University and 10th near the University of Minnesota campus Tuesday night, where the crash happened.
"It's very surreal to watch it, I don't know how else to describe it," said Scofield.
"All of a sudden, we just saw the big collision and we saw a pedestrian 'matrix' his way out of the way," said Bedeaux.
Scofield was driving her Dodge Durango, with Scofield, Bedeaux and her niece, Sophia Snow, in the passenger seats.
"There was no question we were going to pull over, call 911 and get out and see what we could do to help," said Scofield.
They were the first car to reach the aftermath. Bedeaux called police, while her niece and friend rushed to help.
"We just basically tried to help stabilize his head until EMTs could arrive," said Scofield, of the man inside the flipped car. "He was just laying in the car at first and then he was responsive, woke up kind of disoriented a little bit."
The friends say several others eventually helped that man over to the curb. Minneapolis police said he was transported to Hennepin Healthcare.
The two friends said they are still in disbelief over how the person just walking down the street dodged disaster.
"He moved so fast in exactly the perfect directions. that he needed to move to get out of that car's way right before it slammed down on him," said Bedeaux.
It's the first time Bedeaux said she has ever left a Twins game early, all to end up helping out in the right place at the right time.
"Keeps you humbled to realize that things change in an instant," said Scofield.