A Sacramento State student was hit by a Facilities Management grounds truck on Friday, Feb. 16 while she was participating in an exercise physiology class.

Tonya Adams, a senior, was taken to the UC Davis Medical Center and suffered a possible hairline fracture to her leg, but she is expected to make a full recovery.

Adams was in a Kinesiology class coordinated by Peak Adventures, and was standing outside Yosemite Hall when the incident occurred.

“It was an electric vehicle pulling a small trailer behind it,” said John Hamrick, public information officer for Campus Police. “The right side tire of the trailer knocked the pedestrian over.”

Adams and her classmates had just finished a team-building exercise and were standing on a paved area west of Yosemite Hall near the Peak Adventures ropes course, said Kinesiology Professor Darla Jones, who witnessed the accident.

“The group was debriefing ? coming together to discuss the day?s events ? on the intramural playing field,” said Jael Barnoske, director of Peak Adventures.

The driver of the vehicle, identified as Peter John Husman, 46, in the police report, came close to the group, and proceeded to drive over several pieces of carpet used by Peak Adventures, Barnoske said.

“He came close enough to the group, and was going fast enough to be unaware of the possible danger,” Barnoske said. “The behavior of the driver was inappropriate.”Jones and her students were shocked.

“It was really a bizarre thing, and it?s very hard to understand how this could have happened,” Jones said. “It defies logic.”

Adams was addressing several other classmates and had no time to move out of the way, Jones said.

“She was actively engaged in the task at hand, and was speaking to the group. Out of nowhere, completely out of our control, something happened,” Jones said. “None of us saw him coming?none of us?There was nothing we could have done to prevent this.”Jones also expressed concern about the speed at which the driver was traveling.

“I estimated 15 miles per hour,” Jones said. “I know he told the police he was going two miles per hour, which is unbelievable.”

While Barnoske said she was concerned that the driver was “defensive” about his actions, she said their primary concern was with the injured student.

“Our main concern has been to follow up with the girl,” she said.

Staff members from various areas on campus have been working to make sure the student does not face any hardships involved with the accident.

“I?m working with [the student] to make sure she?s not falling behind in her classes,” said Fred Baldini, Kinesiology and Health Science Department chair.

As of Tuesday, Husman was still employed as a groundsworker for Sac State, according to Dolores Lackey of Staff Employment.

However, Husman is currently not driving campus vehicles, said Gary McRoberts, lead groundsworker and Husman?s supervisor.

“We have to set up additional safety training for him and several other employees, and then the campus will re-evaluate (the incident),” McRoberts said.

“The driver was issued a citation for Vehicle Code 305 ? Driving off-road at a speed greater than reasonable or prudent,” Hamrick said.

On Sunday, Jones was still shaken by the incident.

“If she had been three inches (closer to the vehicle), it would have been very serious,” Jones said.