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WARNING
why you should obey cross walk
signals
In this amazingly horrific video taken from a traffic camera
a PT Crusier blows a red light and then T-bones a Subaru Forrester. The
Forrester then rolls over a pedestrian who didn't wait for the walk
signal.
What's even more amazing is
that everyone survived the crash, even the pedestrian. Channel 2 in Dayton has the
article.
QUOTE from Channel
2
Dayton Police release dramatic
video that shows an SUV landing on top of a pedestrian after a crash. It
happened yesterday at West Third and Edwin C. Moses. There are
cameras at the intersection to catch red light runners. They show
the victim walking in the cross walk when a car and an SUV crashed.
The SUV then rolled over onto the pedestrian.
Police say it all started when the driver of a PT Cruiser
ran a red light and slammed into the SUV. At least one passerby
wittnessed the crash and called 9-1-1. Police say the drivers got
away with minor injuries. But the pedestrian, 43-year-old Scott
Tegtmeyer was critically injured.
Now, prosecutors are taking a close look at the video to
determine what charges the driver of the PT Cruiser could face.
Investigators say analysis of the video has already revealed some crucial
factors. Pollice say the light had been red for 28 seconds when the
PT Cruiser entered the intersection. They say Tegtmeyer should not
have been crossing the street at the time because the crosswalk signal was
red.
Amazingly, investigators also
say that themassive dent left on the side of the SUV, caused by the impact
of the crash, created a hallow space that kept Tegtmeyer from being
crushed to death as the vehicle rolled over him.
Tegtmeyer was listed in serious condition Monday
night. So far, no charges have been filed.
And the inital story (prior to it's 6/29 editing by the
news) read as follows:
QUOTE from
Channel 2
Doctors revived a man
Sunday just hours after medics pronounced him dead on the scene of a car
crash, police officials said. Dayton
Police Sgt. Charles Hurley said Scott Tegtmeyer was walking in the
intersection of Third Street and Edwin C. Moses Boulevard at 12:40 p.m.
when a Chrysler PT Cruiser ran a red light, struck a Subaru sports utility
vehicle and sent it into the air.
The Subaru landed upside down on Tegtmeyer and dragged
him several feet across the intersection, Hurley said. Tegtmeyer, bloodied
and surrounded by shattered glass, was pronounced dead on the scene, but
he suddenly started breathing while in transit with paramedics. By 3 p.m.,
doctors had fully resuscitated him. On Sunday evening, he was in the Miami
Valley Hospital Intensive Care Unit.
Neither of the female drivers of the vehicles involved
were carrying passengers. The woman driving the Subaru was transported to
Miami Valley Hospital. Information on the condition of the driver of the
PT Cruiser was not available. Hurley said police talked to eight
witnesses. He also said it is possible a camera mounted high above the
intersection captured the crash.
Dayton police reconstructionists, trained at putting
clues together after crashes, were on the scene with digital cameras and
measuring devices. The flipped Subaru showed noticeable crash damage in
the left body panel. Ten yards away, the customized P.T. Cruiser with a
"AAA" sticker on the back of its tinted windows showed damage to its front
end.
