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Wednesday, June 10
The Indiana Daily Student

Student struck by automobile outside Kilroy's Sports Bar

An IU student was injured after being struck by an automobile near Kilroy's Sports Bar early Saturday morning.\nAs of Sunday afternoon, Jina Yang, 21, a resident of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority, had been released from Bloomington Hospital after being treated for injuries from the accident. \nAt about 2:50 a.m. Saturday, Yang and another pedestrian were crossing North Walnut Street. The other pedestrian jogged and made it across the street, but Yang walked directly in front of a vehicle that was heading north in the right lane, said Bloomington Police Department Lt. Janelle Benedict, reading from a police report. The driver of the vehicle, Emily Young, 20, said she slammed on her brakes in an attempt to avoid hitting Yang.\nYang was lying on the pavement and appeared to be bleeding from the head when officers arrived, Benedict said. She was treated at the scene and taken to Bloomington Hospital for further treatment. \nYoung was arrested on preliminary charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, causing serious bodily injury, a class D felony, and illegal consumption, a class C misdemeanor.

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