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In the news today: For our first story of the week focusing on city news, truck strikes pedestrian, crashes into Curious Book Shop, flees scene. For our second story focusing on campus news, MSU president says Nassar docs are an opportunity to learn from the past. For our final story focusing on MSU athletics, six athletes, two teams inducted into MSU Hall of Fame.
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The State is a daily rundown of the headlines that matter to the East Lansing, MI community.
This is The State for Monday, September 16th where we bring you the headlines that matter. I'm Rachel Fulton.
For our first story of the week focusing on city news,
A pedestrian was struck by a car outside the Curious Book Shop on Grand River Avenue last Thursday afternoon.
Psychology sophomore Amanda Bond said she was walking with a friend to get food at Raising Canes when they witnessed a black GMC truck rear-end a car on Grand River Ave. Afterwards, Bond said, the pickup truck drove off the road and across the sidewalk, ripping a bench off the sidewalk in the process, before stopping inches from the store's front entrance.
As the driver accelerated, they hit a pedestrian that was standing behind a bench, running over both the bench and the person, leaving the pedestrian pinned under it.
Bond recalls the driver getting out of the car to ask if the pedestrian was okay, hit her vape and then went into the bookstore. After stepping back outside for a brief moment, the driver went back into the book store where she exited the back, fleeing the scene.
After the suspect fled the scene, crowds of students and people gathered around the scene taking photos and videos.
Bookshop employee Casey Holland said she heard the sound of a car being rear-ended outside, followed by screaming.
Holland said the driver then got out of her car, entered the store and asked to call 911. After the call failed to go through, she went outside again, then re-entered the store before she ran out the back door.
This accident does remain under investigation at this time.
For our second story focusing on campus news,
MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz said the conclusion of Attorney General Dana Nessel's investigation into ex-MSU doctor Larry Nassar is an opportunity "to continue reflecting on our past, learning from it and building a safer, more accountable institution for the future."
Guskiewicz, in a statement released this past Friday afternoon, acknowledged survivors' pain and said their courage "has brought about critical reflection and growth within our institution."
"While the investigation did not uncover new information, it is important to acknowledge that the findings still underscore the profound effect this chapter has had on our community -- especially for the survivors and their families," Guskiewicz wrote. "We acknowledge that for some, the hurt and harm caused continue, and we must remain vigilant in ensuring a system that doesn't allow for such acts to occur again."
Nessel closed her investigation into Nassar on Wednesday, saying the 6,000 recently released documents related to MSU's handling of Nassar contained information that was "embarrassing" for the university, but not incriminating.
Nessel said MSU delayed the investigation for years by improperly withholding the documents. The university defended its controversial, years-long decision not to release the documents to Nessel due to attorney-client privilege in a statement Wednesday, maintaining it was "appropriate."
Guskiewicz said the university "has taken significant steps to improve our relationship violence and sexual misconduct policies" over the past six years, but acknowledged that there is "still more work ahead of us."
For our final story focusing on MSU athletics,
Playing a Division I sport is a badge of honor someone carries with them forever. Being recognized as an all-time great by their alma mater is something even more special.
Michigan State Athletics held a ceremony inducting six former Spartan athletes and the 1965 and 1966 MSU football teams into its Hall of Fame, revealing plaques in the Clara Bell Smith Academic Center last Friday.
The former MSU athletes that were inducted included women's golfer Laura Smith, track and field athletes Beth Saylor and Paul Terek, softball pitcher Jessica Bograkos, MSU hockey's Anson Carter and football defensive back Darqueze Dennard.
Before we end our episode, today's weather forecast is predicting mainly sunny skies with a high of 85 degrees and a low of 53 degrees.
Thank you for joining us for The State... Produced by The State News and Impact eighty-nine F-M. You can find us online at State News dot com and Impact eight-nine F-M dot org. We'll be back tomorrow with more.