A nine-months pregnant SIUC student was being held overnight for observation at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale and is in stable condition following a three-car accident Monday on campus.

The accident occurred at about 4 p.m. in lot 44, north of the Communications Building.

Jamie Phoenix, a junior in special education from Ava, complained of back and stomach pain and was transported by ambulance to Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.

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They’re just keeping me here overnight to monitor my condition, Phoenix said Monday night.

Phoenix said she was not wearing her seat belt at the time of the accident and hit her lower abdomen on the steering wheel in the crash.

The accident involved Phoenix, Jerry Campbell, a graduate student in history from O’Fallon; and Jun Okuda, a senior in sociology and geography from Japan.

Campbell told SIUC Police he dropped his sunglasses on the floorboard of his car and was reaching to pick them up when he ran into the car driven by Okuda. Okuda’s car then careened into Phoenix’s car, a Ford probe.

Campbell was ticketed for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.

Phoenix’s vehicle still was able to be driven after the accident, but the other two cars involved required towing.