Car Runs Over Pedestrian, Plunges Into Canal in St. Petersburg

A car accident that ended with a vehicle plunging into a canal in St. Petersburg was captured on video, with footage suggesting the incident could have resulted in even more casualties. Video released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region shows that at around 6 a. m. on April 22, a Citroën crossed Lermontovsky Avenue diagonally at high speed. An oncoming driver managed to react in time and avoided a head-on collision. However, a pedestrian waiting on the sidewalk for a green traffic light signal was struck.