Student struck by car, package stolen as driver helped student

Student struck by car, package stolen as driver helped student

An Elizabeth Mount College (EMC) student was injured when she was hit by a vehicle.  As the driver was checking on the student’s condition, a package was taken from his car.

On Monday, Sept. 14, at 8:45 A.M., Carl Klaushammer, a courier from Cairo Transport, was turning his 2004 Ford Taurus onto the east entrance to Alumni Hall Gallery when he struck pedestrian Sharon Pierce.

Pierce, a fourth year undergraduate student, was exiting Collins Hall when she was struck about fifteen feet north of the crosswalk.  She was treated onsite.

When Klaushammer was checking on Pierce’s condition, a package from his backseat was taken.  An officer spotted a man wearing an EMC hoodie running south on College Drive.

A foot pursuit followed when the man would not comply with the verbal orders to stop.  The man turned east onto Backwater Ave. and disappeared into a wooded lot south of the Chemistry parking lot.

The stolen package was from the Chemistry Department and contained research materials promised to the Pennsylvania State Museum of Antiquities.

Elizabeth Mount College’s Secretary Chief Robert Chase said “Mr. Klaushammer was advised to stay alert when driving through campus and to keep important articles locked in his trunk and Miss Pierce was advised to use the crosswalk.”

Ex-3: Accident Report