Syracuse resident struck by car, hospitalized Sunday morning
A 19-year-old Syracuse resident was struck by a car near the intersection of Ostrom and Euclid avenues around 1 a.m. Sunday morning.
Adriana Barletta, also of Syracuse, said she and the victim were attending a party in the off-campus area. The victim’s father was picking her up in a dark blue Chevrolet Cobalt when a black Mazda 6 crashed into the rear of the Cobalt. The Cobalt was pushed into the opposite lane and significant damage occurred to the front end of the Mazda.
Barletta said her friend was conscious, but her wrist was injured.
Officers from the Syracuse Police Department and Department of Public Safety were on the scene but declined to comment. Ostrom Avenue was blocked off between Clarendon Street and Euclid Avenue by SPD and DPS cars between 1 and 1:40 a.m.
The driver’s side airbag on the Mazda was deployed. SPD officers were searching the car and the trunk. The car had a South Campus parking pass hanging on its rearview mirror.
The victim was taken away in a Rural/Metro ambulance just after 1:30 a.m. About 10 minutes later, a tow truck from Big D’s Auto towed the Mazda. Debris was still at the scene after police left the area.
–Presentation Director Becca McGovern contributed reporting to this article.
Published on October 1, 2011 at 12:00 pm
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