'IDS' employee injured

Early Thursday morning, Indiana Daily Student photographer and creative/marketing team member, senior Melinda Fryman was involved in a serious car accident that has left her in critical condition at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, said a hospital spokeswoman.\nThe accident occurred as Fryman was driving on Fairfax Road in Bloomington. Her father Mark Fryman said she was on her way to work.\nFryman was struck by a truck and had to be cut out of her car by rescue personnel, said friends, who also work at the IDS. She was then rushed to Methodist Hospital by ambulance where she will be spending a few nights under observation, her father said. \nFryman broke ribs and her pelvis among other bones as a result of the wreck. \nShe spent Thursday night under observation for internal bleeding and swelling of the brain. Doctors have begun relieving the pressure through drainage. She has been stabilized throughout the process.\nShe went in and out of consciousness, but was able to open her eyes, friends said. Fryman is also able to move the right side of her body through stimulus but has not moved her left side. \nFriends of Fryman made the trip to Indianapolis to be by her and her family. \n"Everybody is looking out for her," said her father. "Everybody is praying for her"