Car crashes into pole in parking lot

A driver crashed into a pole in parking lot 62 by the Student Activity Center Thursday. The accident happened at approximately a quarter to 4 p.m., said CMU Police Officer Tim Prout.

Still unidentified, the driver of the car was taken away in an ambulance.

“He was conscious and alert,” Prout said. “But he obviously had a head injury.”

The car, a blue 1993 Buick Century, had an imprint of the driver’s head on the plate glass window, indicating a strong hit.

“Shows what happens when you don’t wear a seatbelt,” Prout said.

Taken away by a tow truck, the car had lost half of its grill and leaked a large amount of anti-freeze fluid on the pavement.

There is no definite word on the cause for the accident, but Prout says the driver simply did not see the wide concrete base of the pole.

metro@cm-life.com