The
accident seen in this video occurred at 12:40 p.m. on 23 May
2004 at the intersection of Third Street and Edwin C. Moses
Boulevard in Dayton, Ohio. Betty J. Hayslip, 75, of New Lebanon,
driving a PT Cruiser, ran a red light and struck a Subaru driven by
Albertina L. Walker, 41, of Dayton. The collision caused the Subaru
to roll over one and a half times; it came to rest upside-down and in the
process crashed into pedestrian Scott Tegtmeyer, 42, of Dayton.
Tegtmeyer, who was crossing the street in the same direction as the PT
Cruiser and had just reached the curb on the opposite side, can be seen
in the video breaking into a desperate run as the collided vehicles bear down on
him. He could not react quickly enough, however, and the Subaru rolled atop of
him, dragging him several feet across the intersection. Although medics who
found Tegtmeyer's bloodied body amidst a sea of broken glass initially
pronounced him dead at the scene, he began breathing while in transit with
paramedics and was fully resuscitated by doctors. (As of 2 June
2004, Tegtmeyer was reported as being in serious condition at Miami Valley
Hospital.)
Investigators said that at the time of the accident the crosswalk signal was
red, and therefore Tegtmeyer should not have been crossing the street. They also
reported that Tegtmeyer miraculously escaped alive because the dent in the side
of the Subaru caused by the crash created a hollow space that allowed the
vehicle to roll over him without crushing him to death. Neither vehicle was
carrying any passengers, and both drivers escaped with only minor injuries.