STANFORD UNIVERSITY — Authorities on Thursday released a sketch of a man wanted in connection with a hit-and-run collision last week at Stanford University that is being investigated as a hate crime.
The incident happened around 1:50 p.m. on Nov. 3 at the intersection of Campus Drive and Ayrshire Farm Lane.
The victim, an Arab Muslim student at the school, was crossing the street when he was hit by a driver, who yelled “(expletive) you and your people,” the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. The victim told authorities he believed he was singled out because of his shirt, which had the word “Damascus” written in Arabic.
The sheriff’s office said the victim was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
The victim described the suspect as an unshaven white man in his mid-20s. He was last seen wearing a gray top and prescription glasses, according to the sheriff’s office.
