Pitt professor hit by car, in stable condition

avid Wood, a faculty emeritus in Pitt’s neuroscience department, was critically injured while…David Wood, a faculty emeritus in Pitt’s neuroscience department, was critically injured while riding his bike in Highland Park on Tuesday when a man struck him with his vehicle.

Mark McCloskey of Valencia, Pa., was arrested and charged with causing an accident resulting in personal injury or death. Witnesses claimed McCloskey struck Wood with his gray Dodge Stratus. Police allege that McCloskey then drove off after hitting the 76-year-old Wood at the intersection of North Euclid Avenue and Bunkerhill Street.

At 6:17 p.m, Pittsburgh police Zone 5 officers responded to a vehicle and bicycle crash. A witness reported that the vehicle left the scene, and Zone 5 officers later found McCloskey on Butler Street following his involvement in a this second crash.

Wood was transported to UPMC Presbyterian in stable condition. The administrator on duty at the hospital said Wood is currently in stable and good condition.

Wood joined the Pitt faculty in 1969 and retired in 2007. Since then, he has remained active on Pitt’s campus, teaching part time.