UPDATED: March 21, 2014 at 8:30 p.m.

A 22-year-old Syracuse University student was taken to the hospital Friday afternoon after being hit by a car on the 100 block of Clarendon Street, Syracuse police Sgt. Gary Bulinski said.

The student appeared to have suffered a “non life-threatening head injury,” Bulinski said. She was taken to Upstate University Hospital. The name of the student is not being released at this time while her family is notified, Bulinski said.

Here’s what Bulinski said happened:

Amanda Sears, 22, was in her 2002 Subaru when it started to back up, hitting the student. Sears also hit a 2007 Subaru driving on Clarendon and a few parked cars.

The driver of the 2007 Subaru, Alex Spiridakis, 21, was not hurt.  Both Sears and Spiridakis are also SU students.

The cause of the accident is still under investigation. But Bulinski said it appears Sears’ car was having mechanical issues — possibly with its transmission or accelerator. No tickets were issued.

Onondaga County 911 got the call about the accident near Livingston Avenue at 3:33 p.m. Spiridakis and about 8-10 other students who had gathered declined to talk about what happened.

A paper towel dotted with drops of blood lay near the intersection of Clarendon and Livingston. Shattered glass and other debris covered the street, stretching at least three houses down.

AAA came at about 4:40 p.m. to tow Spiridakis’ car, which seemed like it was heavily damaged. Large pieces of metal near the front right tire of the car were peeling off.

The front light of a red Volvo S40 parked on the street was broken, and the left mirror of a gray Honda Civic on Clarendon was smashed.

The back window of a gray Subaru Forester was shattered, and one of its rear lights was torn off. It’s unclear if that was Sears’ car, which Bulinski said was towed.

Syracuse police officers started to leave at about 5 p.m., after a few students began sweeping glass out of the street. 

Published on March 21, 2014 at 7:40 pm

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