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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Woman trapped under SUV on St. Mary’s Road rescued by passersby

ABOVE: Surveillance footage shows moments leading up to vehicle colliding with and pinning cyclist – May 31, 2017

A group of people lifted an SUV off a woman trapped underneath it on St. Mary’s Road and Fermor Avenue Wednesday morning.

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Security footage from Juniors Restaurant captured what happened. At 7:08 a.m. a woman was seen biking down the sidewalk towards the intersection. Seconds later an SUV is seen driving through the intersection, almost hitting a van before slamming into a car.

The collision caused the SUV to go out of control and flip onto its side pinning the cyclist who was biking across the intersection.

WATCH: Cliff Ducharme witnessed the incident and said passersby helped save the woman who was pinned under a vehicle

“When I pulled up, the truck was already flipped over… and I noticed a bike there,” Cliff Ducharme, who ran to help the people involved said.

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“When I came over…I saw the lady laying on the ground and she was pinned underneath the truck. Some bystanders stopped, lifted the truck up and put the paper box underneath to hold it up. Everyone gathered around to comfort her until the fire trucks came.”

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WATCH: Emergency crews on scene after the collision

Police said the woman cyclist was taken to hospital in critical condition and the woman driver of the SUV is in stable condition.

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The area has since reopened but it remained closed for more than 10 hours as Winnipeg police investigated.

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