A police officer had an extremely close call near the Minnesota-Wisconsin border, when a pickup truck ran into her squad car after she had got out to help a motorist.
Just as this footage from NBC News gets under way, you can see the officer walking back towards her squad car when she suddenly viewed a car heading directly for her vehicle.
In a split second, the acknowledgment turned into self-preservation, as police officer Hilary Lundberg starts backing away, presumably looking for ways in which she could avoid getting hit.
“She looks up and sees the car coming and she’s got basically no place to go because there’s a gap between the two bridges. So if she were to jump over the ledge, there’s a chance she would fall into the river,” stated Chief Marty Jensen of the Hudson Police.
As you can see, the patrol car was in really bad shape after the crash, indicating that the impact was extremely severe.
“I am just thankful that my officer is alive and not injured,” added Chief Jensen. “Her squad car and this pickup truck were within feet of her as they went by. I am amazed that she did not get hit.”
As for the driver of the truck, a 31-year old St. Paul man, he sustained “non-life threatening injuries”, as reported by the Valley News.
Photo: Hudson Police Department