A Brandeis University student has been pressed with both criminal and civil charges in the hit-and-run incident that occurred on campus the evening of Dec. 3 2010, according to Sgt. Timothy King of the Waltham Police Department.The student was charged Dec. 8 2010 with "leaving the scene of a collision with injury, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, failure to slow for pedestrians on a roadway and speeding following a hit-and-run accident," King said in a telephone interview with the Justice yesterday. The charges of leaving the scene of a collision with injury and negligent operation of a motor vehicle are criminal, while failure to slow for pedestrians on a roadway and speeding are civil offenses. However, King said that all charges will be read on the same day when the student is summoned to appear in court.

According to King during the same interview, the student charged will most likely be summoned to court if he or she has not been already. However, when initially contacted on Jan. 14, the clerk's office at the Waltham District Court did not have any file of the driver on record; the office could not be reached again to confirm this by press time.

The student who was operating the vehicle hit two pedestrians who were walking on Loop Road according to a Dec. 7 Justice article. The victims, who were 18 and 20 years old and also Brandeis students, both sustained head injuries that King described as "fairly serious" and were taken from the scene via ambulance. One was brought to the Newton-Wellesley Hospital and the other to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, according to a Dec. 7, 2010 police log entry in the Justice. In a Dec. 7, 2010 Justice article, Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan stated that one of the victims was released from the hospital but the other was held for a longer period of time.

Callahan wrote in an Jan. 17 e-mail that he believed by now both victims have been released, but neither he nor King had further information regarding the victims' medical conditions.

Both victims declined to comment.

According to King, the Brandeis Police Department was initially dispatched at 9:58 p.m. to Loop Road, where the accident took place. In a Jan. 13 e-mail to the Justice, Callahan said that both the Brandeis Police Department and the Waltham Police Department were investigating the accident but that the investigation was later taken over by the Waltham Police Department.

Callahan wrote in his e-mail that with incidents similar to this one, usually "an investigation is initiated with the possibility of a Criminal and/or judicial complaint be [sic] filed."

When asked about the frequency of car accidents happening on campus, both Callahan and King said that this particular type of accident does not occur often.

"Vehicular accidents have occurred over the years, but this incident appears to be very unique," stated Callahan in his e-mail.

King also said that he could not recall an accident in recent years on Brandeis property requiring involvement from the Waltham Police Department.