Within minutes, Scotty McKinney went from scrolling through his phone in bed to frantically flagging down cars — even getting in front of one — before dragging a critically injured man from the middle of the road to safety after an SUV ran into him early Wednesday on the Northwest Side. "I was like, 'Oh, f - - - it, I'll drag him myself,'" McKinney, 26, told the Chicago Sun-Times. "I was definitely shocked, it was intense."McKinney, 26, was "gearing down for the day," relaxing in bed and scrolling through his phone inside his apartment in the 3600 block of West Diversey Avenue around 2:40 a.m. when he and his roommate heard what sounded like a "tiny car crash" outside. When McKinney's roommate looked outside to see what the sound was, she saw the man lying in the street in a puddle of blood and called 911 as McKinney rushed outside. "We had thought a car hit another car, so [the driver] must’ve hit this guy really f - - - - - - hard," McKinney said. "I was there with him trying to untangle him from his backpack. He was completely out but he was breathing so heavily." According to a traffic report obtained by the Sun-Times, the victim, a 44-year-old man, was crossing the street when a westbound SUV, which had a green light, hit him and left the scene. His body was left on the south side of Diversey Avenue and his belongings, along with one shoe, were found near him, according to the report.McKinney began waving down cars to try and get someone's attention to help him move the man from the middle of the street. He even darted in front of one driver, who just drove around McKinney and kept going.That's when McKinney grabbed the man's collar and hauled him to the side of the road to avoid the risk of having him get hit again. "I don't know how to save a guy's life," McKinney, who said he'd never jumped to action the way he did early Wednesday. "I was really hoping he wasn’t gonna die right there."An ambulance arrived in about seven minutes, and the Belmont Cragin man was taken in critical condition to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center with a brain bleed and fractures to his right knee, both fibulas and both tibias, according to police. Surveillance footage captured the SUV traveling on Central Park Avenue from North Avenue minutes after the crash, and police released images of the vehicle, which is a dark gray with four doors and yellow Illinois temporary plates. McKinney stressed that it was "absolutely important to him" for police to find the driver. "You actively are doing harm and decided right then and there [not to make things right]," McKinney said. "They need to be held responsible."Anyone with information is encouraged to call 312-745-4521 or submit an anonymous tip at CPDTIP.com. ...read more read less