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Shuttle collides with cement truck near North Side stop

A shuttle bus hit a cement truck on Feb. 13 between the Tunnel and Hughes Hall around 3 p.m., according to Alex Bradley, a freshman in the School of Public Affairs who was on the shuttle during the collision.

Around 15 students were on the shuttle when the bus struck a stationary cement truck. No one was injured, Bradley said.

Tony Gonzales, a construction worker who witnessed the accident, was flagging a tractor-trailer truck on the north side of campus when the shuttle came up the hill from South Side and tried to pass the stationary cement truck, Gonzales said.

The cement truck, which had an Aggregate Industries logo, stopped in the direction of the Tunnel when the accident occurred, Gonzales said. The Blue Line shuttle was driving toward Hughes when the backend of the bus, behind the back right wheel, came in contact with the front bumper of the cement truck.

Students did not appear to feel the collision, Bradley said.

“The bus just stopped,” Bradley said. “It was kind of awkward.”

The shuttle and truck did not look like they suffered significant damage during the crash.

Public Safety blocked off the road between the Tunnel and Massachusetts Avenue, while the two vehicles completely blocked the road. However, students were still able to walk past the scene while the investigation took place.

All of the students exited the bus and most went to the Red Line shuttle stop across from the Katzen Arts Center, Bradley said. Other shuttles continued to run while the accident was being investigated by Public Safety, he said.

“[That is] how you want these things to happen, [with] no one getting hurt,” Bradley said.

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