Female injured in two-vehicle collision near Ostrom Avenue, University Place
A black Volkswagen Jetta and a silver Ford taxi from Salt City Taxi collided at the intersection of University Place and Ostrom Avenue on Sunday night. The female driver of the Jetta was taken out on a stretcher.
Two vehicles collided at the intersection of Ostrom Avenue and University Place on Sunday evening.
Rural/Metro, the Department of Public Safety, the Syracuse Police Department and the Syracuse Fire Department responded to the accident at approximately 6:42 p.m. A female was taken by stretcher after reportedly having a seizure after her black Volkswagen Jetta collided with a silver Ford taxi from Salt City Taxi.
Steve Mandelbaum, a junior web design major at Syracuse University, was parked behind Ernie Davis dining hall when he witnessed the accident. Mandelbaum said the Jetta appeared to be taking a right onto Ostrom Avenue when it struck the taxi.
The Jetta began spinning, Mandelbaum said. The vehicle ended up on the sidewalk at the intersection of University Place and Ostrom Avenue, he said. Mandelbaum, who spoke with SPD, said deputies believe the Jetta was coming out of Thornden Park.
The Jetta sustained heavy damage on the front-end bumper. Bits of debris from the bumper were strewn across Ostrom Avenue. The taxi was dented and scraped on the right backdoor.
Mandelbaum rushed to the vehicle and said the female driver was conscious and breathing but unresponsive. He said she appeared to be seizing and her ‘eyes rolled up in the back of her head.’
Mike Smith, a senior advertising major, was driving up University Place with a friend and saw the aftermath of the accident. Smith, who works for SU Ambulance, rushed to the Jetta and saw the female seizing, took her pulse and stabilized her neck until the paramedics from Rural/Metro arrived, he said. Smith said the driver complained of leg pain.
Nia Anderson, a freshman business and fashion major, said she heard the accident. Though she did not see the accident unfold, she saw the taxi pull a U-turn behind Booth Hall. The taxi ended up parking by the University Place sidewalk, facing Comstock Avenue.
DPS temporarily blocked off a stretch of road on Ostrom Avenue as responders from Rural/Metro attended to the injured driver and SPD assessed the accident.
Officials from DPS and SPD could not be reached for comment. The taxi company declined to comment.
Towers from Henson’s Collision arrived at approximately 7:04 p.m. to retrieve the Jetta from the sidewalk. The accident site was cleared about 10 minutes later.
Published on August 27, 2011 at 12:00 pm
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