SUV Driver Facing Charged for Collision That Injured Bicyclists at Intersection Near Mayo Civic Center in Downtown Rochester

Rochester, MN (RochesterNow)- A Rochester woman has been charged for a vehicle-bicycle collision that happened earlier this year. 

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The criminal complaint, filed in Olmsted County Court on Friday, says the collision occurred shortly after 3:00 on the afternoon of June 16.

A man and woman were riding on the bicycle. The court document alleges the driver left the scene before speaking with first responders. 

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SUV Driver Charged for Collision with Bicyclists at Downtown Rochester Intersection

The collision occurred at the intersection of East Center St. and Civic Center Dr., which is near the Mayo Civic Center in downtown Rochester. 

Footage from the scene and a witness statement indicate an SUV traveling south on Civic Center Dr. ran a red light and struck the bicyclists as they were traveling east on Center St., the complaint says. 

The woman suffered a laceration to her head and the man suffered a pink finger injury that resulted in a “revision amputation,” the complaint says. They both were transported to the hospital.

The charges say the driver was seen on video stopping behind a car making a right turn onto westbound Center St. She is then seen proceeding through the red light.  

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Said was seen getting out of the SUV and checking on the bicyclist.

Rochester police had taken over control of surveillance cameras at the scene and were able to identify the motorist as 56-year-old Fatima Mohamed Said before she left the area, according to the court document. 

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Officers went to Said’s residence. She admitted to police that she ran a red light and that she spoke with the woman but not with any first responders, the complaint says. 

Said is charged with two felony counts of criminal vehicular operation and is also facing two gross misdemeanor criminal vehicular operation charges.

She is being charged by summons and is due to make her first court appearance in December.