Emergency responders separate a car and motorcycle after
an accident at the corner of Anderson and Locust Streets. The
motocyclist was taken to Putnam County Hospital for treatement.
JULIE BLOCK / THE DEPAUW
A male motorcyclist sped down Locust Street early Sunday afternoon when he collided with a small, blue car heading westbound on Anderson Street. The car's driver was turning left onto Locust from Anderson Street, according to Greencastle Police Officer Ed Wilson.
The motorcyclist, who was not wearing a helmet, went to the hospital with minor injuries. The car held a mother and her daughter, who is a first-year at DePauw. Neither the driver nor the passenger of the car sustained injuries.
"[The driver of the car] said she approached the stop sign and saw the motorcyclist coming,” Wilson told The DePauw reporters at the scene. “She thought she had enough time to turn left.”
The Greencastle Police Department was unable to hear a statement from the motorcyclist due to his injuries, Wilson said, but GPD will be heading to Putnam County Hospital soon to speak with him.
The driver of this motorcycle was taken to Putnam County Hospital after
a collision with a small car at the corner of Locust and Anderson Streets.
JULIE BLOCK / THE DEPAUW
“The car hit [the motorcyclist] and he flew over the car,” said sophomore Claire Marquardt, one of 10 DePauw students to file a witness report. “I thought he died. He was moving so fast.”
Marquardt and other witnesses immediately called 911 after witnessing the accident from outside Mason Hall.
“The daughter that was in the car ran into the street," Marquardt said. "We hugged her and calmed her down,” she said.
The intersection of Locust and Anderson is currently inaccessible, but Wilson said the space will open once the vehicles and the debris are moved.
Once the investigation is completed, people may contact the Greencastle Police Department Officer Darrell Bunten, who will be handling the investigation, for more information.