Red light runner, SUV/bicycle collision (caught on video)
MADISON (WKOW) -- Exclusive video WKOW-TV obtained from the City of Madison - Metro Transit, shows a vehicle driven by state lawmaker Fred Clark running a red light and colliding with a bicyclist on a downtown Madison street.Rep. Fred Clark (D-Baraboo) is due in Madison municipal court September 22, his first court appearance, after being cited for running the red light.
The fifty nine seconds of video from August 18 comes from the on-board camera of a metro bus on N. Webster Street. Officials said the bus was out-of-service, with only the driver in the bus. The video begins as the bus driver approaches the intersection of N. Webster and N. Hamilton streets, stops at a red light and waits for the light to change.
On the video, the light changes to green, the bus' engine revvs, and a bicyclist passes the bus and enters the intersection. Nearly three seconds after the light change, Clark's SUV enters the intersection and slams into the bicyclist. ...
Printed story: <a href="http://www.wkowtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11010104">http://www.wkowtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11010104</a>;
TV coverage: <a href="http://www.wkowtv.com/global/video/flash/popupplayer.asp?ClipID1=4083451&h1=State%20lawmaker%20runs%20red%20light%2C%20hits%20cyclist&vt1=v&at1=News&d1=211266&LaunchPageAdTag=News&activePane=info&rnd=52512925">http://www.wkowtv.com/global/video/flash/popupplayer.asp?ClipID1=4083451&h1=State%20lawmaker%20runs%20red%20light%2C%20hits%20cyclist&vt1=v&at1=News&d1=211266&LaunchPageAdTag=News&activePane=info&rnd=52512925</a>;
(Note in the TV coverage it is noted that a witness said the cyclists was at fault, that's just so sad people looking to blame someone who got hit by a car.)
Video of the crash: <a href="http://www.wkowtv.com/global/video/flash/popupplayer.asp?ClipID1=4082556&h1=27%20EXCLUSIVE%3A%20Raw%20video%20of%20red%20light%20runner%2C%20SUV/bicycle%20collision&vt1=v&at1=News&d1=23600&LaunchPageAdTag=News&activePane=info&rnd=32819747">http://www.wkowtv.com/global/video/flash/popupplayer.asp?ClipID1=4082556&h1=27%20EXCLUSIVE%3A%20Raw%20video%20of%20red%20light%20runner%2C%20SUV/bicycle%20collision&vt1=v&at1=News&d1=23600&LaunchPageAdTag=News&activePane=info&rnd=32819747</a>;
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