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Accident closes N. George St. for over an hour

The flipped vehicle sits in the road as first responders attend to the accident. PAYJE DAVIS / SNAPPER

Payje Davis
Staff Writer

Shortly before 4 p.m., a Honda Civic rolled over in the crosswalk between N. George St and McCollough St., causing the closure of the main intersection through campus for over an hour.

There were many witnesses and passersby who saw the flipped vehicle. Eyewitness Leila Medina, who was nearly hit by the car just trying to walk across the street, shared what she saw.  

“An old man had stopped for me and my classmate. We were a little bit before the yellow line and some lady tried to get around him, and when trying to go around him, her car flipped,” Medina explained. 

The driver of the Hyundai Tucson that was also involved in the crash was overheard angrily explaining over the phone that the female driver turned out of McCollough St. and attempted to pass him going at least 40 mph, hitting his car and resulting in the sedan flipping into the crosswalk, just narrowly avoiding pedestrians. 

“It was rolling towards me and my classmate, and that was concerning,” Medina explained when recalling the incident. 

Despite the mountains of debris from the car that filled the intersection, some even managing to make it onto the sidewalk, everyone involved in the crash walked away from the incident unscathed, including the driver of the flipped vehicle. 

Passerby Morgan Pickle stated after the incident, “This intersection should also implement the flashing crosswalk like down between Shenks Ln. and E. Frederick St. to try and avoid this from happening again.” 

The car was flipped over and towed out of the intersection and scattered debris was cleaned out of the area shortly before 5:15 p.m., allowing the road to be reopened.