January 09. 2007 2:22PM
Gainesville streaker struck after Florida football win
ASSOCIATED PRESS
GAINESVILLE -- A streaker celebrating Florida's win in the college football national championship was critically injured Tuesday when he was hit by a car near the school's campus, police said.
Matthew Todd Schlagheck, 23, of Longwood, was brought to Shands Hospital with head injuries after being hit around 1 a.m., police spokesman Sgt. Keith Kameg said.
George Michael Harrison, 24, the car's driver, did not seem to be impaired by drugs or alcohol, but blood was drawn and police are awaiting results, Kameg said.
"It's sad because things like this are so avoidable," he said.
A woman who answered the phone at Harrison's home said he did not want to comment.