The motorist who hit and killed a pedestrian after dark in a south Minneapolis intersection late last month continued for a block and hit another vehicle head-on, according to police and court records released Thursday.
Police: Teen fatally hit man in Minneapolis crosswalk, then went wrong way and struck other car
Court filing says the 18-year-old was driving "very fast," according to the driver of the other car.
November 9, 2023 at 10:49PM
Sayma A. Abdalla, 18, was heading south on S. Chicago Avenue about 8:35 p.m. Oct. 24 and struck 61-year-old Bion E. Hopkins in the crosswalk at E. 15th Street, a police crash report read.
Abdalla, of Minneapolis, kept heading south "very fast" on the wrong side of the road and struck a northbound vehicle, the other car's driver reported, according to a search warrant affidavit filed this week for Abdalla's car's computer data.
Hopkins, of Minneapolis, was taken by emergency responders to HCMC and died there two days later from his numerous injuries, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office said.
The crash report said that a passenger in Abdalla's car, 20-year-old Israa Abdalla of Minneapolis, required a trip to a hospital, as did the other driver in the head-on crash, Yasin A. Osman, 24, of Minneapolis.
Abdalla told police at the scene that "she did not see the pedestrian as she approached the intersection ... and that when she did see him, she attempted to swerve to avoid him but was unable to," the affidavit continued.
She added that she was going 30 miles per hour at the time of impact, the affidavit read. The speed limit at that spot on Chicago Avenue is 25 mph.
Hitting Hopkins left Abdalla's car with a hole near the top of the passenger side and no longer drivable, the affidavit noted.
A police officer on the scene noted in his crash report other factors that may have had a role: A street light usually illuminates the intersection; however, it was not working on this rainy night, making "the intersection extremely dark." The officer also said Hopkins was wearing dark clothing.
Messages were left for Abdalla for comment.
Hopkins was born in Garrison, N.D., and raised on the family farm near Ryder, N.D., according to his online obituary. He worked in the health care industry as a sterile processing technician, the obituary read.
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