--- --- # This Reporter Was Almost Hit by a Car on Live TV  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 8, 2016 6:59 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 8, 2016 6:59 PM UTC Reporter Alex Savidge and his cameraman, Chip Vaughan, were nearly struck by a car [on live TV](http://time.com/4169719/live-reporter-snowboarding-high-five-fail/) during KTVU’s morning show on Tuesday. The [pair was covering](http://time.com/3771613/live-proposal-michigan-state/) a train derailment in the San Francisco Bay Area when a car was run off the road by another vehicle and narrowly missed colliding with Savidge before almost crashing into the camera. Fortunately, everyone involved was unharmed, according to a [Facebook post by the station](https://www.facebook.com/ktvu/videos/vb.20980557060/10153454143297061/?type=2&theater). **Read More:** [TV Reporter Spots Minnesota Bank Robbery Suspect on Live TV](http://time.com/4151445/minnesota-bank-robbery-suspect-spotted-on-live-tv/) Shortly afterwards, Savidge explained the incident [on air](http://time.com/4016246/reporter-brad-wills-bug/). “Chip just yelled out, ‘Get out of the way,'” he said. “I instinctually jumped to my right… which is good, because the car came right by on my left-hand side.” Savidge also posted a video to his personal Facebook page assuring his followers that he was OK and thanking people for their concern. “Close Call!! Almost got hit by a car live on-air, heart still pounding,” he captioned the clip. KTVU Reporter Almost Hit by Out-of-Control Car on Live TV ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4251087/ktvu-reporter-almost-hit-by-car-live-tv/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4251087/ktvu-reporter-almost-hit-by-car-live-tv/"},"headline":"This Reporter Was Almost Hit by a Car on Live TV","datePublished":"2016-03-08T18:59:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:47.920Z","description":"No one was harmed","url":"https://time.com/4251087/ktvu-reporter-almost-hit-by-car-live-tv/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","cars","TV"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4251087/ktvu-reporter-almost-hit-by-car-live-tv/","name":"This Reporter Was Almost Hit by a Car on Live TV"}}]}] ```