Two-car collision injures SU student
Two cars collided at the intersection of Euclid and Ostrom avenues Tuesday at approximately 9:37 p.m., leaving a student injured and bystanders rushing to the scene.
A black Mazda Millenia was traveling northbound on Ostrom when it collided with a blue Honda CR-V turning left onto Euclid Avenue from Ostrom. The Mazda had heavy front-end damage, as its hood was crunched into its windshield. The CR-V had damage down its passenger side.
Ellie Sul, a junior communication and rhetorical studies major, was a passenger in the Honda and was bleeding from her head following the accident, said Kyle Yi, the driver of the Honda and senior biochemistry major. Sul was taken to Crouse Hospital on a stretcher by Rural/Metro at approximately 9:50 p.m., Yi said. Yi and Sul were the only two in the Honda, he said.
Neither Yi nor the driver of the Mazda was transported for injuries.
David Khai, the driver of the Mazda and a first-year student at Onondaga Community College, said he was traveling on Ostrom and had the right of way when the Honda turned left onto Euclid in front of him. He said they both had a green light on Ostrom. Khai was the only one in the car and said he was going about 30 miles per hour when his vehicle collided with the Honda.
‘I tried to slow the car, but it’s hard to control at those speeds,’ Khai said.
Officers from the Syracuse Police Department and the Department of Public Safety declined to comment.
Tarryn Rossetti, a junior television, radio and film major, was playing in a patch of grass with friends behind Shaw Hall when she heard the collision. Rossetti turned, saw the aftermath and dialed 911, she said.
Rossetti’s friend, senior exercise science major Kelsey Rubeor, was the first to rush to Khai, the driver of the Mazda. Rubeor said she shut the car off after seeing the cab filled with smoke. Rubeor took Khai by his hand and helped him to his feet, she said.
Khai was visibly ‘stunned,’ but was able to make his way to the Honda without help, Rubeor said.
The Mazda ended up in the middle of the road under the streetlight, while the Honda was on the left side of Euclid just past the Ostrom intersection following the accident. The passenger side of the Mazda had the most damage. Both airbags in the Mazda deployed, Rubeor said.
Rachael Card, a freshman English and textual studies major who was also playing behind Shaw at the time of the accident, said the Mazda appeared to have the right of way.
DPS, SPD, the Syracuse Fire Department, Rural/Metro and Syracuse University Ambulance were on the scene. DPS and SPD officers blocked off Euclid from Sumner Avenue to Comstock Avenue. Officers also blocked off Ostrom from Euclid to University Place. Firefighters from the Syracuse Fire Department swept away debris scattered across the intersection from the Mazda.
Several of those assisting on the scene began to leave at approximately 10:02 p.m., which is when a flat bed from MC’s Towing showed up to tow the Mazda. As of 11:50 p.m., the Honda was no longer on Euclid.
Published on April 25, 2011 at 12:00 pm
