Video captured the moment a speeding SUV in Minneapolis slammed into a car after running a red light — killing five young women hours before their friend’s wedding.
The short clip circulating online shows the vehicle carrying Sabiriin Ali, 17, Sahra Gesaade, 20, Salma Abdikadir, 20, Sagal Hersi, 19, and Siham Adam, 19, getting broadsided by the SUV, which ran the red light at Lake Street on Friday night.
The young victims, who were on their way home from a mall, all died at the scene after getting henna applied and doing some shopping ahead of their pal’s Saturday nuptials.
The driver, Derrick John Thompson, 27, was allegedly going more than 40 mph above the posted speed limit of 55 mph on Interstate 35W before he exited the highway and crashed into the SUV, police said.
He is the son of former state rep. John Thompson
Thompson survived the crash and fled his vehicle on foot to a nearby Taco Bell.
He was arrested there later and taken to the hospital.