Driver takes SUV on residential quad, Miller Hall lawn

Several students called the police after witnessing a car off-roading on the residential quad Saturday night.

According to eyewitnesses, the unknown young male driver of a black 2003 or 2004 model Range Rover took his car over the curb in front of Miller Hall onto the residential quad, left tire tracks behind Olin Hall, and then repeatedly drove into a tree on the Miller Hall lawn.

"I saw someone pull a U-turn," and then drive very fast in reverse, said sophomore Steve Leichman. "Then about 25 minutes later, a girl got out of the car, and then the Range Rover pulled up on the quad and was kicking up dirt, and almost hit her -- I thought he was going to hit her."

Leichman said that it appeared the driver was following the girl. "It looks like she was trying to get around it -- it would follow her. From where I was viewing it seemed like he only came inches from hitting her. Then he backed up and drove into a tree, so I called the cops... And then he drove into the tree five or six times."

Sophomore Mark Robinton also witnessed the event. "I saw a vehicle racing around," Robinton said. The driver "almost hit Olin" before "repeatedly" backing up and driving into the tree.

According to Leichman, the police arrived while the driver was checking his front bumper for damage after hitting the tree. Several members of the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) questioned the driver and his female companion for about fifteen minutes. After questioning, the driver was seen leaving the scene in his car.

TUPD would not comment on the event until Captain Mark Keith returns this morning. It is unknown if there will be any further investigation.