Argument at crosswalk leads to assault

An IU senior was assaulted on her way to work Wednesday evening. \nAccording to an IU Police Department report, the female student was walking to the north circle of Read Center when a gold Pontiac Grand Prix stopped close to her and told her she needed to walk faster. The student told the driver that she needed to stop her vehicle, and the two began exchanging words. \nThe driver then exited the vehicle and started yelling at the student before striking her twice, according to the report. \nThe student told police she then tried to fight back when a passenger in the back seat of the vehicle got out and joined the fight, striking the student in the face again. \nAnother passenger then exited the vehicle from the front passenger seat and broke up the fight.\nThe student told police the driver was a black female about 5-foot-5, heavyset and with short curly hair in a headband. The other passenger who fought the student was described as a black female about 5-foot-7 with straight, chin-length hair.\nPolice did receive a possible license plate number from the vehicle, but the owner of the vehicle was not at the residence when police arrived there. \nAnyone with information on the assault is asked to call IUPD at 855-4111.