the next 12 seconds changed three lives. that moment is captured by a red light enforcement camera. it was recently installed by dayton police to reduce crashes caused by drivers ignoring traffic signals. i was driving my subaru forester and i was probably going about 35 when i approached the intersection. i looked up and i actually saw a man crossing the street, but we made eye contact and it was clear that he was going to, you know, get to the other side before i entered the intersection. then a pt cruiser comes out of nowhere. when she attempted her left-hand turn she hit the blazer, causing it to go airborne. the pedestrian, scott tegtmeyer, tries to get out of the way. everything happened in slow motion. and then things darkened. there was this kind of dark, light, dark, light experience of the tumble. the sound, it was horrible. and i just said to myself at that point, don t die, don t die, don t die. witnesses rush over to help.
tragedy strikes. a pt cruiser speeds through an intersection and smashes into an suv. a man runs for safety, but it s too late. the suv rolls over him. he s pronounced dead. someone told us that scott had been in an accident. it s a sad thing that happened. 12:40 p.m. sunday, may 23rd, 2004. dayton, ohio. 75-year-old betty haislip is driving her pt cruiser east on third street. 41-year-old albertina hughey is driving her subaru north on ed win c. moses boulevard. 42-year-old scott tegtmeyer is calmly crossing the intersection.
i looked up and i actually saw a man crossing the street, but we made eye contact and it was clear that he was going to, you know, get to the other side before i entered the intersection. then a pt cruiser comes out of nowhere. when she attempted her left-hand turn she hit the blazer, causing it to go airborne. the pedestrian, scott tegtmeyer, tries to get out of the way. everything happened in slow motion. and then things darkened. there was this kind of dark, light, dark, light experience of the tumble. the sound, it was horrible. and i just said to myself at that point, don t die, don t die, don t die. witnesses rush over to help. my leg was pinned under the car. so i asked the gentleman if they could lift the car. one gentleman said, ma am, we can t lift this car. and then another guy in the background said, get the car. and they lifted the car and then someone helped pull me from the car to the side of the road
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according to what they say. they didn t think i d ever walk again. after four years of therapy, scott tegtmeyer beat the odds again. he s walking. but still there are injuries he feels daily. pains, aches, pops, cracks. with weather changes all the time. i m off in my balance and still can t taste or smell. and my hearing is down. he was a tiger. to endure that. come out of it and not be hateful to anybody. the driver of the pt cruiser, betty haislip, was charged with running a red light. as for scott and albertina, they re just happy to be alive. i was alive, and that was enough for me. i m lucky to be here. i thank the lord every day. i really do.