Urban Legends Reference Pages: Crash Landing:
It’s a chilling scene: a video clip shows a vehicle as it speeds through an intersection and runs broadside into another car; a pedestrian crossing the street breaks into a run to run to get out of the way of the out-of-control vehicles, but the struck car rolls on top of him.
Jesus H. Christ.
Two things to note: the driver of the Cruiser ran a red light, and the pedestrian was also crossing against the light. Presumably the driver and the ped were trying to save a few seconds. Stupid, stupid. I guess some people value 30 seconds more than they value the potential loss of hours, their vehicle, or their lives.
Of course, it could be that Ms. Cruiser was chatting on her mobile and just didn’t realize the light was red. In this case, the trade-off is between saving time (by not waiting to make/take a call) or reducing the “boredom” of driving and the potential loss of hours, their vehicle, or their lives.
I hope the driver of the Cruiser loses both her legs.