A 23-year-old student was hit by a car around 1:45 p.m. today on Campus Drive while walking on the crosswalk outside of the math building, University Police spokesman Capt. Marc Limansky said. The driver fled the scene, but was arrested shortly after.
The student was transferred to the Prince George’s Trauma center with complaints of a sore back and several scratches all over his body, Limansky said. Briana Fuentez, 19, was driving her Toyota Avalon down the left lane east of the M-circle when her car hit the student. Limansky said witnesses told police Fuentez was driving fast enough for the pedestrian to hit the windshield.
“We saw a video of the accident,” Limansky said. “The pedestrian gets hit and the driver keeps driving straight under him. It was bad.”
Fuentez fled the scene without stopping to help the injured student, Limansky said. Police pulled her over just off of the campus by the College Park Fire Station on Route 1, he added.
Fuentez was charged with fleeing the scene and driving with a learner’s permit without proper supervision, Limansky said. The Hyattsville native does not have any previous record in the state, according to official court documents.
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