A sport utility vehicle involved in a two car accident struck an undergraduate on the sidewalk outside Quincy House Friday night at about 10:30 p.m.
Joshua S. Carson '02 was walking past the corner of Mill Street and Plympton Street to a friend's room in Adams House when the driver of a Honda Passport 4WD ignored a stop sign on Mill Street, hitting a Chevrolet Blazer.
The Blazer, which was passing through the intersection coming from Memorial Drive, was knocked off course and struck Carson.
Carson said he was thrown about five feet in the air, landing on a grassy patch next to Quincy.
Although he was fully conscious, Carson was immediately rushed to Mount Auburn Hospital, where he spent five hours undergoing x-rays and other examinations. At 4 a.m., he was brought to the University Health Services infirmary, where he will be kept until at least later today.
"They are keeping me here because of my pain and possible breaks," Carson said.
After hitting Carson, the Blazer struck the corner of Quincy House. The collision was heard by students throughout Leverett House and Old Quincy.
Even John P. Gerry, Allston Burr Senior Tutor of Quincy House, whose apartment is on the first floor of New Quincy, heard the accident and went outside.
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