‘He was fast … he ran you right over’: what it’s like to get hit by an SUV

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Society & Culture

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🗓️ 5 December 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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One Thursday afternoon, I stepped out to cross a city street – and woke up in hospital with broken bones and a brain injury. After I recovered, I started looking into why so many drivers just don’t stop. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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0:00.0	This is The Guardian.
0:30.0	Some listeners may find offensive.
1:00.0	I was also very reluctant to mention the fact that I was not aware of this.
1:09.0	I was not afraid.
1:11.0	I sensed that I was surrounded by purposeful strangers, and that my partner David was by my side.
1:16.0	abruptly I grunted and twisted.
1:18.0	A nurse who understood my signals thrust a bed pan toward me.
1:22.0	I dismissed the bed pan, leaned right and vomited blood over the bedrail.
1:26.0	Still, I wasn't alarmed or in pain.
1:29.0	The last thing I remembered was leaving a grocery store and thinking these bags are heavy.
1:37.9	That had been three hours earlier.
1:41.3	Given the police report, doctors, notes, and conversations with eye witnesses, I've
1:46.8	gathered some details from the time I lost.
1:51.4	On a Thursday afternoon in May 2021, I was walking across University Avenue in Minneapolis
1:57.8	when a black SUV turned left from the intersecting street.
2:02.2	He was going fast, and I witnessed told me, he ran you right over.
2:07.1	I asked people, even in the hospital, when my mind was muddled.
2:11.1	Did I have right of way?
2:12.8	Yes.
2:13.8	Was I wearing headphones?
2:15.9	No one knew.
2:17.5	Why did the driver hit me?
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