Bystanders Lift Car Off Pinned Pedestrians In Downtown DC (Video)

WASHINGTON, DC -- Hero bystanders leaped into action after a car plowed into pedestrians following a collision in downtown D.C. Tuesday afternoon, leaving four people seriously injured. You can watch the dramatic video embedded at the bottom of this article.

D.C. Fire and EMS tweeted just before 3 p.m. that there had been a two-vehicle collision near the intersection of 9th Street and New York Avenue NW. One of the vehicles apparently ran onto the sidewalk, striking and pinning multiple pedestrians.

Medics transported four pedestrians with serious injuries to area hospitals. The occupants of the vehicles were not injured.

Dramatic video shortly after the crash shows multiple people helping to lift and move the car in order to free trapped pedestrians, which may have saved lives. Watch below.

WATCH: bystanders work together to lift the car off pedestrians pinned beneath the vehicle at 9th & K Street. Their quick actions likely the reason no one was killed in this crash. pic.twitter.com/9SOmlJRQsQ
— Heather Graf (@ABC7HeatherGraf) April 24, 2018

Image via D.C. Fire and EMS