19-year-old hit by car on Beaver Ave.

A student who was trying to cross Beaver Avenue in front of Canyon Pizza was struck by a car late Saturday night, police said.

Gaetano Sacco, 19, allegedly darted into the street from Canyon Pizza, 260 E. Beaver Ave., and ran toward Penn Tower, 255 E. Beaver Ave. According to an accident report, he was struck by a car, fell to the ground and cut his chin. He was treated by EMS on the scene and refused to go to Mount Nittany Medical Center.

A witness said there was no way the driver, 18-year-old Penn State student Daniel Lecouvre, could have avoided hitting Sacco.

This was the second pedestrian accident of the weekend where a student darted in front of a car and suffered an injury. On Friday, a car struck a 21-year-old student as she tried to cross North Atherton Street. She went to the hospital with a hip injury.

According to a police report, in both incidents, the student pedestrians were intoxicated.

Police charge local man with forgery

A State College man was arrested yesterday for allegedly using counterfeit traveler's checks at Dairy Queen and McDonald's, both in Patton Township.

Paul C. Johnson was committed to Centre County Prison in lieu of $50,000 bail. He is charged with forgery, theft by deception and receiving stolen property.

Student gets shot in knee during party

A Penn State student who had a BB gun pellet lodged in his knee admitted himself to Mount Nittany Medical Center Sunday afternoon.

Police were called to the hospital at about 5 p.m. The 20-year-old student said a group of students was playing a drinking game in an apartment on Fairmount Avenue when he was accidentally shot in the knee.

The student refused to tell police the exact location of the apartment and said he did not wish to follow up on the incident.