A South St. Paul man was allegedly under the influence of drugs when his vehicle sped into a crowd of people shortly after midnight Sunday in St. Paul and pinned a woman against a building.
No one was killed in the crash.
Eric Hagerman, 29, was charged Monday in Ramsey County District Court with two counts of first-degree driving while impaired for the crash outside the Hunan Garden nightclub and bar.
According to the complaint: Customers were gathered outside the bar's entrance at 380 Cedar St. about 1:45 a.m. A car allegedly driven by Hagerman veered across the light-rail tracks and drove into the group of people.
Two off-duty St. Paul police officers who were working at the establishment jumped out of the car's path. Hagerman's car allegedly pinned a woman against Hunan Garden, damaging the building and an Xcel Energy box.
The woman was taken to Regions Hospital with swelling in her knee and a puncture wound to her leg. She suffered no fractures.
One off-duty officer pulled Hagerman's passenger out of the car, but the passenger fled as both off-duty officers tried to control an angry crowd. Hagerman, who wore a wristband from a local nightclub, was arrested at the scene.
A second woman was treated at St. John's Hospital. A man said the car struck his leg but reported no injury.
