Students injured, taken to hospital

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by Angelique Siy

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Will Rice College junior Mohit Bawa and WRC sophomore Lang Fuqua were both injured after they fell from the back of a Ford Bronco on the Inner Loop last Saturday evening.

They had apparently been standing on the tailgate of the truck during halftime of the Rice-Texas Tech University game. According to Campus Police Chief Mary Voswinkel, the truck was moving too quickly as it turned the corner between Sewall Hall and the Allen Center, and the two students were thrown from it.

According to one of Bawa's friends, WRC junior Marcus Sands, Bawa suffered a head injury and was taken by ambulance to Ben Taub Hospital for neural surgery.

Fuqua dislocated his shoulder; he was released that night.

As of Tuesday afternoon, Bawa was still in the Neurological Intensive Care Unit of Ben Taub.

Hospital officials told the Thresher Wednesday night that Bawa was listed in poor condition. Friends, however, say his condition has improved significantly in the last few days.

"The surgery went well and [Bawa] will be fine," Sands said. "He should be out of the hospital by the end of the week."

This item appeared in the News section of the February 9, 1996 issue.

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