Adams Dining Hall Worker Hit by Car

A 17-year-old Adams House dining hall worker is in a coma after being hit Sunday by a drunk driver in a stolen vehicle.

Kim Daniels, of Somerville, was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital Sunday morning, where she is now in intensive care. The hospital would not release information yesterday on her condition.

Sgt. Thomas Hickey, a Somerville police officer, said that Daniels "was struck by a car and dragged 900 feet." She is in "very serious condition," he said.

Daniels, a senior at Somerville High School, has worked at Adams House for a month and is well liked by both employees and students. "She's really outgoing," said Jimmy Ruma, fellow dining hall worker and classmate of Daniels.

"She's a really good friend. She got to know people's backgrounds," said Brad Hartman, another Adams House employee. Hartman said the dining hall staff will be sending flowers to Daniels, but added that only family members can visit her.

Daniels and a friend, Tammi Vellaga, 16, were getting out of a car on Central St. when they were hit, the Boston Herald reported Monday. They had just come back from Harvard Square after seeing the midnight showing of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."

Vellaga was also injured by the hit-and-run driver, but she was released from Somerville Hospital on Sunday after being treated for bruises and a swollen back, the Boston Herald reported. "She was very fortunate," Hickey said.

Kevin Johnson, 19, of Medford, the alleged driver of the car that hit Daniels, was arrested soon after the accident and charged with drunk driving, larceny of a motor vehicle, and leaving the scene of an accident, according to the Herald.

In accordance with the new stricterMassachusetts drunk driving law, effective January1, Johnson's license was suspended for 90 days andbail was set at $100 at his arraignment yesterday