A student was hospitalized after being hit by a university shuttle bus on Wednesday morning, Feb. 18, at the University of Texas at Arlington, campus police said.

A student was hospitalized after being hit by a university shuttle bus on Wednesday morning, Feb. 18, at the University of Texas at Arlington, campus police said.

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A student was hospitalized after being hit by a university shuttle bus on Wednesday morning at the University of Texas at Arlington, campus police said.

UTA police officers responded about 9 a.m. to the intersection of South Oak Street and West Fourth Street, where a pedestrian was struck by a MavMover bus, UTA police said in a statement.

The student was taken to the Medical Center of Arlington with no apparent life-threatening injuries, police said.

The driver of the bus was issued a citation for failure to yield right of way to a pedestrian in a crosswalk, resulting in the injury, police said.

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