Penn State student severely injured after pedestrian-vehicle crash, police say
Editor’s note: Penn State on Thursday released the pedestrian’s identity. Neither the university nor State College police released an update on her condition. The article below has been updated.
A Penn State international student was severely injured Tuesday evening after they were struck by a vehicle on the 800 block of South Atherton Street.
State College police, Alpha Fire Company and Centre LifeLink EMS were dispatched at 5:04 p.m. Tuesday for a report of a pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle, borough police Lt. Chad Hamilton said.
Faith Khumalo, a 28-year-old political science graduate student from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, was flown by LifeFlight to UPMC Altoona for treatment of severe blunt force trauma, according to a news release. Khumalo appeared to be crossing Atherton Street from Logan Avenue in a westbound direction, police said.
The vehicle that struck Khumalo was a Subaru Forester traveling southbound and operated by a 90-year-old State College man, police said. The unidentified driver was not injured.
Anyone with information about the crash is urged to contact the State College Police Department at 234-7150, by email or submit an anonymous tip through the department’s website.
This story was originally published December 3, 2019 at 6:23 PM.