Princeton Police File Photo

A Princeton Police car in this file photo.

(Keith Brown/The Times)

PRINCETON -- A Princeton University graduate student was seriously injured Wednesday night when she was struck by a car while crossing Washington Road, police said.

Nyssa Emerson, 25, of Oviedo, Florida, was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton, where she remains in guarded but stable condition Thursday, police said. Police described Emerson's injuries as "significant.''

Emerson was crossing Washington Road at 9:30 p.m. in a marked crosswalk just south of Ivy Lane when she was hit by a Toyota Prius being driven by Steven G. Cruz, 20, of Princeton.

The car was towed from the scene with front end and windshield damage, police said.

The Mercer County Prosecutor's Office Serious Collision Response Team assisted with the investigation, which is being conducted by Patrolman Marshall Provost, police said. No charges have been filed against Cruz, though the investigation remains ongoing, police said.

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