On April 1, 2026, around 6:50 p.m., an Eastern Michigan University student had a medical emergency that caused her to accelerate and crash into a lamp post in the Pease student parking lot, which is at the corner of West Forest Avenue and College Place near Pease Auditorium.
The Ypsilanti Fire Department and EMU Police both responded to the scene minutes after the accident. The driver was taken in an ambulance with no serious injuries.
“There was major damage to the light pole and the driver’s car, and minor damage to the cars around it. Nobody was seriously injured,” Ypsilanti Fire Department Lieutenant Gissendaner told The Eastern Echo.
Student Kayden Lumley witnessed the accident. “I was about to turn, but then her car didn’t stop. I just saw her hit the lamp post, and it tipped over and the light broke off and hit the window of another car,” Lumley said.
Lumley and other bystanders helped the driver and noted she seemed unwell…