A Northern California television reporter and cameraman narrowly missed getting hit by a car while reporting on air.
KTVU’s Twitter feed on Tuesday showed a clip of reporter Alex Savidge on air before there’s a loud bang and cameraman Chip Vaughan hollers at him to watch out.
The reporter jumped out of the way just as a white car plowed into the spot where he was standing.
The reporter is heard saying that they’re OK. Savidge posted on his Twitter feed that his heart was racing, but he was all right.
KTVU reports that the men were standing in a parking lot by a busy street when the car crashed and careened toward them.
They were reporting on a commuter train derailment that injured nine people Monday night.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
Reporting from the side of a busy road near an intersection is not a good idea. The camera crew creates another distraction for drivers. There are enough distractions for drivers already, TV stations should not add to them.
That is the reporters fault for doing their TV gig right next to the road, real stupid, and the people driving trying to watch the reporter and camera and not the traffic.