Two University students were struck by vehicles in the span of about thirty minutes while crossing Washington Road on Wednesday evening during a period of heavy rainfall.
Both students — Phillip Kang '06 and Shirley Li '08 — were taken to the University Medical Center at Princeton and released following treatment.
The drivers, a 75-year-old Monmouth Junction resident and a 39-year-old Skillman resident, were charged with failure to yield to pedestrian at crosswalk.
Kang was struck at 6:25 p.m. when crossing Faculty Road near the intersection of Faculty and Washington roads while walking back to campus from the boathouse. The car was turning onto Faculty from Washington Road. Kang suffered a head laceration.
A student walking with Kang, Lauren Nigro '09, said she saw the car in her periphery and was able to avoid it. When the driver got out of the car, Nigro said, she explained she hadn't seen the students because of the rain and darkness.
At 7:08 p.m., Li was hit while crossing Washington Road near the Fine Hall. She suffered knee injuries, according to a Princeton Township Police report.
Public Safety Sergeant Kenneth Samuel said he was unsure if Li was using the illuminated crosswalk installed by the University last year. Weather was likely a factor in the accidents, Samuel said.
Township police said several other weather-related accidents occurred Wednesday night.
An average of five pedestrians are struck along Washington Road every year, according to police reports. The University responded to the high frequency of accidents on that road by installing a sophisticated pedestrian safety system near Fine Hall last year.
The system consists of two lines of amber lights embedded into the pavement. A similar crossing device is used on University Place near McCarter Theatre. The systems cost in excess of $150,000 each, according to director of physical planning Jon Hlafter '61.
In April, the University announced that a pedestrian bridge will be built spanning Washington Road by 2010. Past University reports have suggested that the bridge will not be constructed until the new chemistry building is erected, so that the two structures will aesthetically match.
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