About 5:45 p.m. Tuesday night, a pedestrian was struck by a Toyota Prius on South Green Drive near the entrance to Ping Center and suffered head wounds.
According to witnesses, the man was crossing South Green Drive towards Ping Center when a car suddenly hit him. Witnesses said he flipped onto the windshield, and was projected roughly 10 feet off the car, adding that he was bleeding on the ground until emergency services arrived.
He was transported to a local hospital, but authorities did not specify which one. There were four police vehicles on the scene.
Local firemen were seen hosing blood off of the street.
Grace Maxton, an Ohio University senior studying nursing, was walking near the victim right before the accident. She said the man was walking slowly, so she moved at a faster pace to pass him. When she did, she said she heard a thud and screaming and rushed back to help.
“I ran over to help him, he tried to get up and I told him to sit still and that it was going to be okay,” Maxton said.
The man responded by saying “OK,” and that he was fine, Maxton said. She said he suffered a serious head wound and was bleeding.
Maxton said the driver of the car reversed his Prius and got out to see if the gentleman was okay.
The driver’s car began to roll back down South Green Drive toward oncoming traffic, Maxton said, and two men walking toward Ping ran to it and tried to park it.
Matthew Stephens, an undecided freshman, said the Prius hit his car while the Prius was traveling in reverse, but his car appeared to suffer minimal damage.
“Two guys ran up to put the car in park, but they were too late,” Stephens said.
Maxton said that the man was saying that he wasn’t in any pain repeatedly.
“That’s common when you’re in shock,” Maxton said.
Maxton said the man driving the vehicle apologized, but Maxton didn’t respond, as her focus was on containing the blood coming out of the man’s head.
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