The female who was struck crossing the street on Normal Drive near Southwest Hall around 7:14 p.m. Tuesday night has been identified as Cana Herron.

Mandi Johnson, Public Information Officer with WKUPD, identified the pedestrian, who is a WKU student. Johnson also identified the driver of the car that hit Herron as Monica Crowder.

Herron was taken to The Medical Center and then transported to Vanderbilt Medical Center where she is staying on the 10th floor. According to Vanderbilt, she is stable and doing fine.

Johnson said the driver cooperated with police and there was no criminal intent; the incident was just an accident. The driver remained on the scene.

Heather Redmon, a student at WKU, said she was walking behind Herron when she was hit. Emily Embry, another WKU student, was also walking near the victim and witnessed the accident.

“I don’t know her personally,” Redmon said. “I was standing back here on the sidewalk and I heard somebody scream. She was walking to her car is what she said.”

Redmon called the victim’s mom for her after she was asked to. Redmon said the victim was on the phone with her mom when the accident happened.

The car that hit the woman was a silver Ford SUV.

The victim complained of pain in the left side of her back, her thigh and her right arm while still on the ground, before being lifted into the ambulance.

The victim told the responders that she did not lose consciousness at all.

She was taken to The Medical Center and then transported to Vanderbilt Medical Center where she is staying on the 10th floor. 

The Herald will have more as the story progresses.