Tuesday, October 16, 2001

Campus Briefs
Student hit by car returns to classes

Freshman business major Steven Becker returned to class Monday for the first time since he was hit by a car on University Drive Oct. 3.

According to the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office Monday, no criminal charges were filed against Charlotte Ebelt, 61, whose white four-door Cadillac swerved across two lanes of traffic and up onto the curb, hitting five students.

Two were immediately transported to Harris Methodist Hospital by ambulance; three others were treated on the scene and released.

Becker and freshman pre-major Adam Southey, both Delta Tau Delta members, are out of the hospital and back to classes, but both said they had knee injuries. Lisa Becker, Steven’s mother, said her son also experienced some memory loss.

Becker, who may require surgery, said he did not know if he was going to file charges against Ebelt.

“It depends on how the insurance takes care of everything,” Becker said. “We found out that she’s having difficulties with her car insurance, so we might file charges.”

Southey said his injuries were of the anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament of the knee, but said neither he or his family planned to file charges.