Car hits two on scooter

Two men on a motorized scooter were injured near 17th and Maple Streets when a car rear-ended them Tuesday night.

Bloomington Police Department Sgt. Ryan Pedigo said the crash involved a passenger car and a scooter, and the car fled the scene. Both vehicles were traveling east on 17th Street when the car hit the scooter in the back.

Michael Grubb, a Bloomington resident who witnessed the accident, said he and two men who were with him were at 17th Street Plaza getting ready to cross the road when they heard an explosive sound.

Grubb said he saw a maroon sedan hit the scooter and said he watched the bodies of the two men fly through  the air and hit the ground.

“We thought they were dead,” he said.

Grubb said he and the men with him ran out onto the street to stop traffic.

One of them called 911. Grubb commended BPD for responding so quickly.

“They busted their butts and got this taken care of,” he said.

Both men were transported to IU Health Hospital.

Sydney Murray