Student hit by bus at 10th Street, Jordan Avenue

At the busiest intersection on campus, a bicycle accident involving an IU B bus left a sophomore student hospitalized and in serious condition Tuesday, according to IU Police Department reports.\nJust before noon, Kohshiroh Harada collided with the campus bus, which was traveling eastbound on 10th Street approaching Jordan Avenue, said IUPD Lt. Jerry Minger.\n"The bus had a green light, and the bicyclist was traveling west as the bus turned into the intersection," Minger said. \nAs the bus began to make the turn, Harada rode into the side of the bus.\n"The bike struck the bus right at about the right front tire," Minger said.\nKohshiroh sustained multiple head injuries and had noticeable lacerations to his forehead, according to IUPD reports.\n"It's hard to give medical prognosis at the scene," Minger said, "but it did appear very serious."\nIt was not known whether Kohshiroh was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.\nKohshiroh was loaded onto a stretcher and transported to Bloomington Hospital amidst the crowd of witnesses and students who gathered following the accident.\nA hospital employee said Kohshiroh was in critical care in the early evening. No further information could be released.\n"When he was transported to the hospital, he was unconscious," Minger said. "The officers never saw him conscious."\nTalk of the accident circulated throughout campus as the day went on.\nSophomore Elisa Haskins heard about the accident from another student in her communications class Tuesday afternoon.\n"She said the biker and the bus were both going really fast and they just collided," Haskins said. "She said he had a huge gash on his forehead, and she thought the bus had the right of way."\nAfter the accident, IUPD officers surveyed the scene and inspected Kohshiroh's red bike, which was involved in the accident. The bike lay on the ground with a small pool of blood in the background, which was later washed off by responders at the scene.\nTuesday's accident marked the second collision this semester at the intersection of 10th Street and Jordan Avenue. Earlier in the semester a two-car accident left one car totaled and traffic stalled for more than an hour.\n-- Contact city & state editor Mallory Simon at mgsimon@indiana.edu.