{"id":107936,"date":"2020-01-10T09:54:38","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T08:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=107936"},"modified":"2026-01-20T09:58:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T08:58:00","slug":"pedestrian-seriously-injured-after-collision-near-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/01\/10\/pedestrian-seriously-injured-after-collision-near-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrian seriously injured after collision near campus"},"content":{"rendered":"

A pedestrian crossing the Kralingse Zoom was seriously injured after being hit by a car on Wednesday evening. The police Traffic Accident Analysis (VOA) team is investigating the incident.<\/p>\n

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The zebra crossing where the accident occurred.<\/span><\/p>

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\u201cIt looks as if it was a tragic accident,\u201d according to a police spokesperson. The accident took place at around 19.30 on the zebra crossing by the exit of the campus, in the direction of the Kralingse Zoom metro stop. The police are now calling for witnesses.<\/p>\n

In a press statement, the police said that the 27-year-old man was wearing dark clothes. As a result, the driver of the car had probably not seen him. \u201cWeather conditions were poor at the time of the accident.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The impact caused serious damage to the windscreen and bonnet of the car. The trauma team provided first aid at the site of the accident. \u201cAmbulance paramedics took the seriously injured victim to the hospital. Currently, the victim\u2019s condition is unchanged,\u201d according to the police spokesperson on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

This is not the first time that accidents have occurred near campus involving pedestrians and cyclists crossing the road.\u00a0Last summer<\/a>, a food delivery employee died following an accident on Burgemeester Oudlaan.\u00a0On Monday afternoon, 11 November<\/a>, a cyclist was injured following a collision level with the crossing at Excelsior station. In December, a cyclist crossing the Kralingse Zoom was hit.<\/p>\n\n\t

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