3 vehicle crash in downtown Minneapolis sends 4 to hospital

Police are investigating an overnight rollover crash that involved three different vehicles in downtown Minneapolis that sent four people to the hospital.

Around 1 a.m. Friday at 10th Street and 2nd Avenue, video captured by a 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS photographer showed a car on its roof, as well as twisted metal and the entire engine block laying in the street.

According to police, officers were called to the area for a report of a three-vehicle crash, with one of them having flipped over with a person inside.

When police arrived, they found three damaged vehicles – a Ford Escape, a Ford Mustang and a Nissan Altima.

Police believe the driver of the Ford Escape was headed south on 2nd Avenue, and the other two vehicles were headed east on 10th Street.

Then, police say the Altima hit the Escape, which caused it to flip and have its engine ejected. As a result, the Mustang hit the engine.

Officers say the 53-year-old man driving the Escape, who also had non-life-threatening injuries, was brought to a hospital. In addition, the 21-year-old woman driving the Altima, as well her two passengers – both identified as 20-year-old women – were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Minneapolis police add the Mustang’s driver wasn’t injured,

No word on what caused the collision to happen. As of this time, police aren’t sure if alcohol or drugs were involved.

Currently, no one is in custody.