Two cars crashed into each other on Tuesday at approximately 11:30 a.m, just outside of Olds Residence.
Single drivers – a man and a woman – occupied each vehicle that collided in the intersection of Hillsdale Street and Galloway Street. No serious injuries were reported, though the man did complain of neck pain, said Richard Coon of campus security.
Security officials had to block off the stretch of Hillsdale Street between College Street and the site of the accident for 30 minutes, Coon said.
Because the campus security office is only a block away the site of the accident, Coon was able to arrive quickly, he said. Still, he was not first on the scene.
Freshman Amanda Tindall witnessed the accident as it occurred. She called campus security and 911 shortly thereafter, she said. A doctor driving by the accident before campus security temporarily closed the street tended to both drivers to ensure their health. After Coon, Richard Alvarez, grounds keeper and equipment manager for the college, arrived.
The accident visibly affected the surrounding area even after it had been cleared. Shrubs close to the road were torn up; a brown powder stained the ground in the intersection itself in several areas; and the remnants of a broken car light also littered the ground.
The accident victims were not students or employees of Hillsdale College. The woman, however, was an FBI recruiter scheduled to speak for career services, Tindall saod.
Still, Coon said he remains worried that the intersection will remain dangerous for the college in the future, since he often sees students crossing it without paying much attention.
“Traffic needs to slow down in this area,” he said. “My concern is pedestrians.”
