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Pickup Truck Accident at Clicquot Club Café in Minneapolis
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August 18, 2007 – A pickup truck accident at the Clicquot Club Cafe in Minneapolis sent 13 adults and children to the hospital. Eleven were treated and released; two were admitted—one in critical condition.
According to an account of the accident in the Star Tribune:
A white Ford Ranger pickup truck with an unconscious female driver had barreled into diners and the engine was still racing. One man, a regular, was pinned underneath it, clearly injured.
Employees "moved the truck at least 6 feet till it was off him," said restaurant co-owner Aaron Olson. "The truck was still roaring and the tires still squealing. They pushed it back."
Restaurant spokeswoman Amy Fisher said the truck's driver was a neighborhood resident who had phoned in an order and "suffered a medical condition" before driving onto the sidewalk.
Police told Fisher the truck was going about 30 miles per hour when it hit the diners.¹
The Minneapolis personal injury lawyers at Pritzker | Ruohonen have successfully represented hundreds of people injured in Minnesota car and truck accidents, including truck-pedestrian accidents. Recent victories include a verdict for more than $1,500,000 for a man who suffered a badly fractured arm and leg when he was hit by a garbage truck in a cross walk and a recovery of more than $2,000,000 for a man who was struck by a truck after the man stopped along the side of a road to assist another motorist.
To contact Pritzker | Ruohonen for a free consultation regarding the pickup truck accident at the Clicquot Club, please call toll-free at 1-888-377-8900 or submit the firm’s online consultation form for review by a Minneapolis truck accident lawyer at Pritzker | Ruohonen.
1. Joy Powell and Mary Lynn Smith, “Pickup truck jumps curb, injures 13 sidewalk diners,” Star Tribune, August 18, 2007.
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