4 hospitalized in crash at intersection of College and Kirkwood avenues

Four people were transported to the hospital after a Silver Toyota Rav4 and an orange Pontiac Vibe crashed in a two-vehicle accident in the intersection of West Kirkwood Avenue and North College Avenue at about 5:45 p.m. Sunday.

The accident was caused after one of the vehicles disregarded a red light, but it was not immediately known which vehicle was at fault, Bloomington Police Sgt. Lucas Tate said.

In the intersection, the Toyota lay upside down on its roof. Broken glass covered the pavement. The Pontiac’s front end was smashed.

As firemen cleaned glass from the area, paramedics and other firemen loaded the victims on stretchers into the back of separate ambulances.

Names of the individuals involved in the crash were not released, but Tate said each vehicle carried four occupants. Those taken to the hospital were from both cars. Although the condition of those injured was not immediately known, Tate said the injuries were not life-threatening.

Marco Crestani said he was at the Irish Lion restaurant when he heard the accident. He said he then rushed to the scene and helped a woman out of the Pontiac.

As he was helping the woman out of the vehicle, Crestani said she was complaining of pain to her rib cage and had cuts on her hands and arms from glass.
But the woman, Crestani said, was able to stand and walk.

Shabnam Kavousian said she was walking toward the intersection during the accident. Although she told Sgt. Tate her view of the accident was obstructed by other vehicles on the road, she said she watched the Toyota flipping in the air.

After the injured individuals were hauled away from the scene in ambulances, police continued to question others involved in the accident and witnesses.

A tow truck operator flipped the Toyota back onto its wheels and loaded it onto the truck’s flatbed. After securing the front of the Pontiac to the back of the tow truck, the operator hauled both vehicles away from the scene.