Thursday, October 4, 2001

Five students hit by car
Two students taken to Harris Methodist Hospital by ambulance
By Aaron Chimbel
Staff Reporter

Five students were hit by a car as they stood on the pedestrian median on University Drive Wednesday night shortly before 6 p.m., said TCU police officer Fred Pruitt.

Steven Baker and Adam Southey were taken by ambulance to Harris Methodist-Fort Worth Hospital, said hospital spokeswoman Laura VanHoosier. Both were listed in good condition Wednesday night.

Hunter Harris, Brent Marks and Adam Brown left the scene, uninjured.

April Bell/SKIFF STAFF Both Fort Worth and TCU Police officials were dispatched to University Drive, Wednesday night after a 61-year-old Fort Worth woman drove her car over the curb and hit five TCU students. Three of the men who were hit walked away from the accident. Two others were transported to Harris Methodist Hospital and were listed in good condition Wednesday night.

A 61-year-old Fort Worth woman was driving southbound on University Drive in a white four-door Cadillac when she swerved from the right lane to the left lane. She drove her car over the curb and hit the students, sophomore marketing major Drew Ingram who saw the accident said.

Freshman e-business major Andrew Wolfe was playing frisbee on the Clark Hall lawn when the accident happened.

“I heard a (scream) and then (one of the victims) crawled over from half way across the street.”

Ingram said one of the victims was carried on the hood of the car after being hit, he then fell off and told Ingram his knee hurt.

Fort Worth Police Cpl. J.A. Ponce said the driver lost control of her car to because of a diabetic condition. She may not have been taking her medication, he said.

Paramedics on the scene took the woman’s blood sugar level, but did not release whether it was imbalanced. She refused treatment, Ponce said.

Ponce said he does not expect any criminal charges.

Aaron Chimbel
a.a.chimbel@student.tcu.edu
Features Editor Angie Chang contributed to this report