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65-year-old woman struck by transit bus in Kannapolis

Tuesday, January 24, 2012 12:00 AM | Printer friendly version | E-mail to a friend |

By Nathan Hardin

nhardin@salisburypost.com

KANNAPOLIS — A 65-year-old woman remained hospitalized today after being struck by a bus Monday evening in downtown Kannapolis.

Gloria Yvonne Smith, 1209 Woodacre Circle, was struck by a Concord Kannapolis Area Transit bus about 6:05 p.m. at the intersection of Southern Avenue and East 1st Street, according to a Kannapolis Police Department report.

The crash report said witnesses told police the woman was hit in the head by the side mirror on the bus, and her leg was then run over by the front left tire as the vehicle turned left onto East 1st Street.

She was taken by ambulance to Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast.

Hospital officials said Smith was not listed in the hospitals registry Tuesday evening.

A family member told the Post that Smith remains in the hospital, but declined to comment further. Neighbors said the woman suffered neck and back injuries.

Smith was walking in the street’s crosswalk with several other people near the downtown railroad station, the report said. Officers wrote that the woman walked out of the crosswalk just before being hit.

No charges are expected to be filed, police said.

A spokeswoman for Veolia Transportation, the parent company of Concord Kannapolis Area Transit buses, said Tuesday afternoon that it’s company policy for drivers to be put on leave during a wreck investigation.

She said the driver was a “long-term” driver, but did not provide further information.

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