MEDIA RELEASE
April 13, 2004
Contact: Captain B. Weimer
Office (573) 882-5923
Cellular (573) 999-1979
At approximately 11:30 a.m.,
Sunday, April 11, the University of Missouri-Columbia Police Department
received a report of a pedestrian that was struck near the intersection of Stadium
Boulevard and College
Avenue. A car struck the subject as he exited his
vehicle to tend to his dog that had been struck by a different car in the
eastbound lanes of Stadium Boulevard.
The vehicle that struck the pedestrian left the scene in an eastwardly
direction on Stadium Boulevard.
The vehicle that struck the pedestrian is described as a 98
to 2002, mid-size luxury style sedan, purple in color with a boxy body style
that has rounded edges. The University Police Department is asking individuals
who were in the area of Stadium Boulevard
near College Avenue around 11:30 a.m., April 11th that may
have seen the accident or a vehicle similar to the one described from the
accident to call Detective Shawn Spalding at 573-882-5928.
MUPD 3-2004