dumptruck vs. bike
Posted on December 12, 2006
Filed Under bikes
Construction truck hits grad student
Mingyang Liu
The Duke Chronicle
Posted: 12/11/06
A graduate student in the political science department was taken to the Duke Emergency Department after a construction truck hit him and ran over his bicycle just before 1 p.m. Tuesday.
“He was trapped for a short period of time and Emergency Medical Services retrieved him,” said Sara-Jane Raines, Duke University Police Department administrative services executive officer. “I can’t tell the state of his injuries right now. He is still being assessed.”
The accident occurred on Science Drive, Raines said. The truck was turning right into the driveway across from the Fuqua School of Business when the two vehicles collided, she added.
The Durham Police Department is currently investigating the accident.
Witnesses said the bicycle was traveling between the truck and the sidewalk.
“The truck was making a turn and the bike tried to beat the truck to the turn,” said one construction worker who witnessed the accident.
“That’s basically what happened.” Bill Brady, a third-year student at the School of Law, arrived at the scene shortly after the accident.
“The bicycle is just a mangled mess,” he said. “What I heard is that he’s lucky to be alive.”
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