Vehicle mows down pedestrian crossing sign in downtown Ann Arbor

A driver took a right turn from East Huron Street onto North Main Street in downtown Ann Arbor a little too sharply Wednesday and knocked over the pedestrian crossing light.

The crash occurred about 3:15 p.m. Wednesday at the corner of East Huron Street and North Main Street. Tire tracks left on the sidewalk showed a driver going west on East Huron cut the corner between the two roadways and clipped the crossing sign’s pole.

The pole fell to the ground and lay damaged on the ground outside of the Washtenaw County Trial Court. The tire tracks continued onto northbound North Main Street.

An Ann Arbor Police Department squad car was parked on North Main Street near the fallen sign Wednesday afternoon. A police official who spoke to AnnArbor.com was not sure if the incident was a hit-and-run crash.

There were no other vehicles parked near the crash at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday. No description of the vehicle that hit the crossing sign was available.

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Kyle Feldscher covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at kylefeldscher@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.