** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) ** Veteran Lieutenant Pete Underthun was on his way into work Tuesday morning, driving down I-94 near Rogers with light snow flurries settling on the slick roadway when he saw motorist lose control of his vehicle and start spinning. The car slid off the road at high speed into the median catch cables, then was flung across all lanes and onto the shoulder. Underthun quickly called for backup then turned around and drove up on the scene to assist, parking his police cruiser a number of yards back from the crash scene with his lights rolling. A good samaritan had already stopped to render assistance. The three men were standing on the shoulder in what should have been a safe situation when the Lieutenant looked up and saw a box truck skidding on the snowy interstate, headed directly towards them. The men scrambled as the driver of the box truck wrestled the wheel for control and swerved to the right, missing Underthun's squad car by mere inches as it sped by on the highway shoulder. Lieutenant Underthun says one of the men began breaking for the ditch before he yelled to call him back behind the parked vehicles. The truck sped by the three men on the shoulder, barely missing them. The Lieutenant believes that man would have been killed by the oncoming truck had he not been called back. The truck driver pulled over just past the scene, believing he would be cited, but Underthun waved him on, not wanting to create a situation that would be even more dangerous. Donate to PoliceActivity: https://www.patreon.com/PoliceActivity Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PoliceActivity Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Police_Activity

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