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Show NEWS A6 UCAS student struck Paramedics attend to 16-year old UCAS student who was struck in a crosswalk. lision. Steven Palica and Burr, also UCAS students, were walking behind and in front of James, respectively. Burr rushed ahead and Palica leaped back to avoid the truck. Daniel James, a 16-year-old student, was Caught in the middle, James was unable to struck while in a crosswalk by a woman drivget out of the way. ing a Dodge truck on Monday, Sept. 13, be"It was terrible," Burr said. "The truck tween 7:30 and 8:00 a.m. came, and [James'] body arched over the front The campus police department received of it. He flipped over and [the truck] ran over the 91i call at 7:57 a.m., and paramedics arboth of his legs." rived at the scene within about three minutes, Palica heard the woman say she was according to Merka Burr, a witness. "blinded by the sun." On clear mornings, the According to witnesses, the truck proceedrising sun shines directly toward the eyes of ed to roll over James' legs before stopping. eastbound drivers on College Drive. Mr. Howard, assistant principal at UCAS "When the truck came, me and Steve both said, "Last year or the year before, there were looked at it and thought it was going to slow a couple of students struck while in a crossdown," Burr said. "It didn't. By then, it was walk." too late. Steven jumped back, I ran forward This raises concern over a consistent proband it hit Daniel straight on." lem with pedestrian and driver responsibilities. At one point, six paramedics were seeing • According to UCAS student Kenny Prestto James, whose lower body was lying on its wich. "[This] happens basically every year." side, his upper body face up. James was reJames, a UCAS student, was attended to sponsive to questions issued by the paramedand eventually transported by paramedics for ics, however. further medical attention. When lifted onto the stretcher, James was Police declined to comment while the invisibly shaking from the neck down. He was vestigation was still ongoing. The woman then rushed to Utah Valley Regional Medical driver, whose name was kept confidential, apCenter. peared to be in her sixties. "We couldn't freaking believe it," BunAccording to two friends who were with him, James was crossing College Drive in a said. "It ran over him, and he was all on the designated crosswalk at the time of the col- [street] and still conscious. It was terrible." By Matt Peterson & Sterling Gray Asst. Sports Editor & Asst. News Editor WE'IL AKEA RRA-WEST JEWELERS 801.226,6006 EM-SANDY-MURRAY SIERRAWEST.COM 9 MONTHS UNLIMITED YOGA ONLY $ 2 9 " / M O N T H Y OFFER EXPIRES SEPT. 3OTH 2 0 1 O •£> rfOUiMD ^ & V * JN THE SHOrS AT THE HIVEIWOODS, PIOVO UT 8O ' V W W W IISVOCAUTAH COAA O |