Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) yesterday responded to the second accident involving a student cyclist and a motor vehicle this month.
According to Sgt. Robert McCarthy of TUPD, officers received a report at 1:09 p.m. that a student on a bike had collided with a vehicle while turning onto Latin Way from Professors Row. The driver of the vehicle, an SUV, saw the cyclist approaching and stopped the car.
[The SUV] was stopped and the cyclist went into the vehicle straight on, McCarthy said.
According to McCarthy, the student landed on the cars windshield, cracking it.
While the student reported pain in his leg, he was not badly harmed. McCarthy said the student was transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for treatment and returned to campus around 3 p.m.
I think he was pretty lucky, McCarthy said.
McCarthy urged students to be mindful when traveling around campus.
Youve just got to be careful because there are other cars on the road too, he said.
