A student walking across the main entrance to campus was not seriously injured Wednesday afternoon after being struck by a car leaving Brandeis. Scott Feinberg '08 was hit at about 5 p.m. as he was en route to the Brandeis/Roberts commuter rail station on South Street.

"At the moment, I've got a pretty sizable bruise and several cuts," Feinberg said. "I'm very lucky, it could have been a lot worse."

Feinberg said he was walking from East Quad to the rail station to meet a friend at a Boston Celtics game. He stayed on the sidewalk, and he passed the first side of the driveway without incident.

As he passed the other side of the main entrance, Feinberg said he noticed that "a driver was approaching and not slowing down." There is a stop sign at that location.

"I said, 'Whoa, whoa, whoa,' and before I could get [the driver's] attention, she did not stop and hit me in the right leg," Feinberg said. "She was moving pretty fast, and as far as I could tell, she didn't stop until she hit me."

Feinberg slid onto the hood of the car, he said, adding that his injuries might have been much worse had he buckled and fallen under the car.

"The driver got out, and she was obviously a little stunned," Feinberg said. "She was upset and she apologized."

Feinberg spoke with paramedics who were already on site and signed refusal for further care, according to the campus police log.

Feinberg said the driver was a Brandeis employee, but declined to give her name.

Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan also declined to give the driver's name, as his department is still investigating the accident.

"It was evident in the [police] report that possibly, the driver did not see the pedestrian," Callahan said.

The investigation will examine if there were any extenuating circumstances at the time of the incident, Callahan said, citing the "horrendous winds and rains" Wednesday. The accident also occurred at dusk. Callahan said he might conduct further interviews.

Feinberg said he hopes all drivers will be more aware of their surroundings, and also encouraged students to be extra cautious, even at crosswalks. "You can clearly be involved in an accident without doing anything wrong," he said.

Two days later, Feinberg said he is keeping a positive attitude, joking, "It's not easy to find a bright side to something like this. That said, one of the witnesses was a very cute girl who was walking her dog and left me her number in case I need to reach her. So, I guess you never know!