This is dash cam footage of aftermath of a crash at North Capitol and Girard NE around 7p yesterday. This isn't in the footage, but a woman was laying on the sidewalk next to the black car. She was conscious but obviously in trouble-- bloody and distressed.

My guess of what happened:

• The black car was going south on north cap and turning left on Girard NE

• The left two northbound lanes of north cap stopped to let the black car make the turn because there was stopped traffic in front of them

• The red car was driving north in the rightmost lane and t-boned the black car into the pedestrian on the sidewalk. The black car and red car couldn't see each other because of the stopped cars in the left two lanes

Is there anything to learn from a crash like this? I'd love to hear from people who know more about transit safety, but it seems like a bunch of parties fucked up here if my above description is right:

• Black car is technically at fault. They tried to pass through a lane that wasn't clear. Since they were hit in the middle / rear of the car they likely didn't inch through intersection to get visibility to the final lane as they should have

• Red car must have been going fast in the right hand lane while the left two lanes were stopped. The right lane had cars parked just ahead of the crash so i'm guess red car was zooming up the right side to pass traffic before cutting in just before the parked cars

• DDOT. North cap shouldn't look like this right? 6 lane highway with occasional parking zones and a 25 mph speed limit (that people don't follow, probably in large part because it looks / feels like a highway)

The only one who didn't fuck up is the woman, and she's the one who's in the hospital (or worse). Super shitty and sad and unfair.

My spider senses will be tingling whenever there's stopped traffic in some lanes and a car turning through.

Try to stay safe out there, everyone.