we've had a few days of snowfall each
with an inch or half inch or even just a
dusting but people can be overconfident
with just a little snow which means
we've had hundreds of crashes across the
twin cities including one driver who
plowed into a police car this is mn
safety welcome to minnesota we'll show
you each incident caught on camera
including a couple heartwarming
incidents and celebrate the one-year
anniversary of this incredible rescue
all in under five minutes first a car
loses control while on a bridge hitting
the sidewall with a bit of force
thankfully the pile of snow against that
right wall was still low enough to
prevent them from dangling over the
bridge several minnesotans stopped to
help and fire rescue was called to the
scene with a tiller truck at the rear of
the incident to help protect the first
responders the incident is almost a year
to the day of this incredible rescue
d.o.t agencies do work to remove these
snow piles which can almost serve as a
ramp but it takes time and specialized
equipment
this rescue was near the
minneapolis airport they did get the
driver out gave him a nice pat on the
back
next up edina minnesota right side of
your screen there's the squad their
lights are activated they get rear-ended
we've reached out to the agency for the
vehicle involved we'll try to post an
update if we hear anything but we are
not aware of any serious injuries
related to that crash this next segment
we might call cars crashing into
existing crash scenes and serves as a
good reminder that a crash up ahead
might mean that there's less traction
and always means
to pay more attention please it was just
a week ago that we saw a truck driver
get hit incredibly no serious injuries
but he was on the side of the freeway
and a car craned into him so a great
reminder here for all of us to pay a
little more attention and maybe slow
down as we drive into these crash scenes
a trooper here
really re-emphasizing the point slow
down slow down and i just want to take
two seconds to say thank you to tow
truck drivers who have been tireless
this winter and diligently cleaning up
after the rest of us
now let's do a crash every five seconds
caught on camera at or near a crash
scene here we've got cars on a crash
scene blocking the left lanes both in
that last clip and this one that left
lane is blocked this car spins out of
control gonna hit that center
barrier
right side of your screen school bus
just went past they're into the guard
rail gonna go back across three lanes to
the left and this car wisely bails i
think they avoided contact and made a
pretty good decision there to go pretty
far off to the left again that jeep i
don't think it's damaged at all pickup
now
going the other way there's a crash
traffic coming to a stop this pickup
gonna go straight into the guardrail
on the right side of your screen a white
car coming into the frame white ford
taurus and it's going to slide right
next if you if you rewind you'll see
that those medium cable barriers already
got cleared out from a previous crash so
it's crashing in the exact same spot
where another car crashed previously and
further down the road there's another
vehicle off the road next up look to the
right side of your screen this pickup
it's sliding backwards gonna go all the
way down the ditch into the sound wall
gonna slowly roll over multiple first
responders on scene
now lowry tunnel in downtown minneapolis
i-94 minivan's going to lose control
crash into that right but perfect timing
because it happens right in front of the
ambulance ambulance is going to call up
the crash be first on scene with an
amazing response time
a bridge deck night time driving winter
conditions and you end up with this type
of situation that car goes across all
lanes of traffic crosses the on-ramp and
does slowly rolls over i think take a
look let me know if you think i got that
right but i think they did a slow
rollover
next up watch the red pickup it's going
to slide across three lanes of traffic
as it hits into that ditch it's going to
roll over and it's actually going to go
airborne we'll show you why we think
that huge plume of snow lots of
minnesotans stop and respond and help
out they're hugging their lucky stars
that they ended up relatively okay under
the circumstances large response of
course because we've got a roll over on
the freeway but
look at these tracks because clearly
there is a point when no part of that
vehicle was touching the ground
by coincidence this camera perfectly
situated to catch this car going into
the sound wall and punching a hole in it
looks like the car is mostly okay next
in duluth we don't just do the twin
cities we try to cover a lot of
minnesota this one's up north in duluth
they're going to go against the center
median concrete barrier trooper getting
some of the junk out of the lane of
traffic
if you're feeling stressed from all
these crashes take a break here's a
positive note several people stopped to
help with this roll over and they
recovered their the owner's dog gave it
over to police
versus a light pole thankfully it's a
breakaway i don't know if who won
yeah check for damage the light pole is
down
maybe they both lost hang in there i
know the first part is hard to see but
car is going to lose control it's going
to hit that center concrete wall i threw
this one in here because the car is
still drivable so when the trooper shows
up we've sped it up they're gonna say
hey let's move over to the shoulder
let's clear these lane to traffic but
unfortunately it looks like it was only
partially drivable they had
the car stopped stopped working so now
the troopers got to push them thankfully
everyone was very patient and allowed
them to clear the lanes of traffic one
more reminder i think this is a good
example of just to be a little bit more
careful especially on freeways as you go
into these turns we've seen a lot of
these where you start to lose control
then you're going into the ditch and the
ditch you're going to slowly maybe roll
over in the ditch maybe you're not
injured but you've totaled out your car
now several minnesotans of course
stopping to help and make sure
everything's okay here and we saved the
most unusual the weirdest for last this
car was hanging out on the shoulder
they're gonna slowly merge back into the
freeway this is heading downtown and
emerging on it like 20 miles an hour
that's worth noting some of our this
coverage is over a weekend or weekend
night but incredibly
they merge back on and then just drive
straight up onto the concrete wall over
a bridge
thankfully no injuries with this