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Rahma M. Hassan, 24, and Amina M. Jama, 30, were brought inside the hospital after their Suzuki Forenza slammed into a Metro Transit squad car as it responded to an emergency call around 10:30 p.m. The squad car was heading northbound on Park Avenue in response to a Metro Transit bus driver activating a silent alarm, when it crashed into the Suzuki traveling east on S. 8th Street. This caused the Suzuki to smash into the Hennepin County Medical Center building. The two Metro Transit officers were treated for their non-life threatening injuries.
Just after 5 a.m. a bus driver identified as 58-year-old Frank Polson suffered a medical emergency that caused him to lose control of the bus. The vehicle went speeding out of control on W. Superior Street, striking a stop sign, a traffic signal post, a construction barrier, and another bus that was headed the other way. A passenger was killed in the collision, identified as Michael J. Mooney, 53, of Duluth. The other bus driver was Glenn Evan McGill, 59, of Duluth. Polson was treated after the crash but their is no word on his medical condition.