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The Indiana Daily Student

Rush hour accident leaves student injured in front Business School

Sophomore hit by passing car, questions raised of pedestrian safety raised

A 19-year-old sophomore was hit Thursday afternoon at about 3:50 p.m. by a passing car on 10th Street between the Main Library and the Kelley School of Business.\nJoel Zeid was crossing the street when Heather Ulrich, 22-year-old Bloomington resident, struck him with her white Chevrolet Corsica. \nPolice said Zeid said he did not see the vehicle, and was struck by the car's right front panel.\nWitnesses said they heard a loud noise and saw his shoe fly into the air.\nSenior Anne Irani, who said she walks across the same street daily, was waiting for the bus 15 feet away from the site of the accident.\n"There was a really loud smack," she said. "She must have been going so fast that he rolled up and shattered the window."\nGraduate student Brent Campbell also witnessed the accident and said no one left the scene after he was hit.\nIrani said people rushed out of the building to aid Zeid. She said she thought he must have been in a lot of pain, because he was bleeding and moaning about his injuries. She said the windshield of the car was completely shattered.\nAccording to the IU Police Department, Zeid escaped with only small lacerations to his left arm.\n"It doesn't seem that (Ulrich) was in violation of any kind of traffic law," said IUPD Lt. Jerry Minger, "but it's still under investigation."\nZeid was taken to Bloomington Hospital where he was still being held as of press time.\n"It could happen to any of us," said Irani. "That is a peak time ... you have to be able to stop (your car) at a second's notice"

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