An unidentified man was seriously injured last night when he was struck by a car on North Euclid Avenue south of East Speedway Blvd.

The pedestrian, who was under the influence of alcohol, was carrying a 24-ounce can of malt liquor when an Oldsmobile Alero driven by a UA student hit him.

"The guy just popped out of nowhere," said Will Bohannon, a business freshman who witnessed the accident. "I thought he was toast."

Marshall Bishop, a biology junior, said he was coming across East Speedway Blvd. when pedestrian appeared from behind a car driving northbound on North Euclid Avenue.

"It was inevitable, I was going to hit him," he said.

According to Detective Ilderton of the Tucson Police Department, the pedestrian was walking west across North Euclid Avenue, when a TPD officer driving northbound shone the police vehicle's lights on him.

"I think the guy thought the cop was going to pull him over for jaywalking," Bohannon said, adding that the pedestrian appeared to run across the street when the light was shone on him.

Bishop was driving under the speed limit when he hit the man, Ilderton said.

"Evidence on the car is indicative of less than 35 miles per hour," he said.

According to Bishop, the man "bounced off" his windshield, shattering it, and onto the hood before rolling off the back of the car.

"I thought he was dead," Bishop said.

Police at the scene did not know the man's specific condition or to what hospital he was taken. However, Ilderton said that based on the damage to the car, and the speed at which it was traveling, the pedestrian's injuries could be life threatening.

Bishop is not at fault, Ilderton said.

TPD closed North Euclid Avenue from East Speedway Blvd. to East First Street from 9:30 last night until early this morning, treating the area as a crime scene.