Police have released the names of the victim and driver in a car accident on Bunn Hill Road that left the victim in serious condition.
Binghamton University student Samuel B. Trestman was struck by a car late on Sunday, March 8, according to Lt. Jerry Mullins of the Vestal Police.
Trestman, 19, was crossing the road east to west on his way to K&K’s The Old Teahouse at 9:56 p.m. when he was hit by a 1991 Acura Integra traveling north toward Vestal Parkway. The driver of the vehicle, Julian Warheit, a junior BU student, had been traveling down the hill heading off campus.
Three police cars arrived at the scene, along with an ambulance which took Trestman to Wilson Memorial Hospital in Johnson City. As of Thursday, Trestman was listed in serious condition. Hospital officials did not respond with Trestman’s condition by time of publication.
“The road was blocked off for about half an hour,” said Mary Nguyen, the manager of the Old Teahouse, who had been at the scene that night.
Officers gave Warheit a standard sobriety test, which he passed. There are no charges pending; the officers on scene decided the incident had been accidental, as there had been heavy rain at the time.
Warheit had no comment.
“The victim was on the ground behind the car; it seemed like he may have flipped over the hood,” Nguyen said. “It was raining, it was dark and he was hardly moving.”