Reporter Is Almost Run Over On Live TV But Cameraman Saves The Day
“Thanks, buddy.”
A reporter may have been run over on live TV early Tuesday were it not for a last-second warning from his cameraman.
The reporter, Alex Savidge of station KTVU in the Bay Area, managed to jump out of the white car's path after his cameraman, Chip Vaughan, yelled a warning. Neither of the men were injured, and no serious injuries were reported as a result of the crash that preceded the close call.
And what a close call it was.
KTVU
Savidge was in Fremont reporting on the previous night's ACE train derailment at the time, filming a live shot at an intersection near a 7-Eleven parking lot, when two cars apparently collided behind him, sending the white sedan careening toward the news crew.
Savidge later told KTVU anchors Gasia Mikaelian and Dave Clark that he likely would have been hit had Vaughan not warned him.