HI, EVERYONE, THANKS FOR
JOINING US, A IN HUDSON
NARROWLY ESCAPED BEING KILLED
AFTER A PICKUP TRUCK CRASHED
INTO LETTER SQUAD CAR.
IT HAPPENED THIS MORNING,
I94 OVER THE SAINT CROIX RIVER
IN WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA,
IT'S A LAW THAT DRIVERS MOVE
OVER WHEN THEY SEE AN EMERGENCY
VEHICLE WITH ITS LIGHTS ON.
TODAY'S CRASH IS A GOOD
REMINDER OF WHY THE LAWS WERE
CREATED.
ANGELA DAVIS JUST GOT BACK FROM
HUTTED SON WHERE SHE TALKED
WITH THE POLICE CHIEF THERE.
THE POLICE CHIEF TELLS US
OFFICER HILLARY LAWRENCE
FUNDERBURKEBERG WAS NOT
INJURED.
SHE WAS NOT IN HER SQUAD CAR
WHEN A PICKUP TRUCK TRAVELING
AT A HIGH-SPEED SLAMMED INTO
THE BACK OF HER CAR.
TAKE A LOOK AT THESE IMAGES,
HERE'S A PICTURE OF WHAT THE
SQUAD CAR LOOKED LIKE RIGHT
AFTER THE CRASH.
THE REAR IS CRUSHED.
ANOTHER PHOTO TAKEN BY A NEARBY
DRIVER CAPTURES THE IMAGE
SECONDS AFTER THE CRASH.
HUDSON POLICE CHIEF SAID THE
OFFICER WAS WALKING BACK TO HER
CAR.
SHE HAD STOPPED TO HELP A
DRIVER TRYING TO CHANGE A FLAT
TIRE.
THE SQUAD WAS PARKED A GOOD
DISTANCE BEHIND THE STALLED
VEHICLE WITH THE EMERGENCY
LIGHTS ON.
WITNESSES SAY THE PICKUP DRIVER
MADE NO ATTEMPT TO SLOW DOWN
BEFORE THE CRASH.
IT'S DANGEROUS.
THAT'S WHY THE LAW IS IN PLACE.
WE ASK PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN,
MOVE OVER, GIVE US A BREAK SO
WE CAN GET THE OTHER PEOPLE OFF
THE INSTATE AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE.
Reporter: MINNESOTA STATE
PATROL IS HANDLING THE
INVESTIGATION.
THEIR REPORT SAID 31-YEAR-OLD
DERRICK SANDS OF ST. PAUL WAS
DRIVING THE PICKUP.
THE CRASH COULD HAVE EASILY
CAUSED OTHER ACCIDENTS WHEN THE
UNOCCUPIED SQUAD CAR WENT
FLYING ACROSS FOUR LANES OF
TRAFFIC.
IT CAME WITHIN 15 FEET OF
HITTING THE HUDSON OFFICER.
SHE WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE
WAY,
THANK GOODNESS.
UNBELIEVABLE.
ANOTHER DRIVER GOT SOME
VIDEO OF THE CRASH
THERE IS VIDEO FROM THE
SQUAD CAR.
ALSO DASH CAM VIDEO OF THE
PERSON DRIVING BEHIND ALL OF
THIS.
THAT COULD HELP WITH THE
INVESTIGATION WITNESSES TOLD
POLICE THE DRIVER WAS DRIVINGER
RATCALLY BEFORE THE CRASH AND
INVESTIGATORS ARE HOPEFUL THE
VIDEO CAPTURED WHAT WAS
