Bryan Higgins doesn’t remember much about Monday afternoon.

“I just remember a bang and waking up with a crowd of people around,” said Higgins, junior in pre-business. “I hurt a lot.”

Higgins was riding his motorcycle north on Lynn Avenue when a car slammed into him at the Lincoln Way intersection around 3 p.m. Monday.

Ames Patrol Officer Karen Mills said a car driven by Joseph Collins, sophomore in pre-business, ran a red light and went straight into Higgins.

Higgins was thrown nearly 15 feet after the impact.

Higgins said he doesn’t remember flying through the air, but said he went a “decent distance.”

“I know I hit the windshield and went over the car,” he said.

Dan Fitzgerald was working at Campus Book Store, 2300 Lincoln Way, and saw the motorcycle “fly past the window.”

“I heard a loud ka-boom and assumed that there was an accident,” Fitzgerald said. “Then there was someone who told us to call 911, and that someone was hit.”

Higgins was taken to Mary Greeley Medical Center, where he was treated for injuries and released Monday night, according to hospital officials.

Higgins said he’s fine.

“Nothing is fractured,” he said.

“I have some head stuff but nothing threatening.”

Higgins said he’s glad he was wearing a helmet, which Mills said saved his life.

“[Mills] said from the mark on the windshield, there was no way I would have made it if I hadn’t been wearing a helmet,” Higgins said.

“You can’t be too careful. Today just goes to show. I’m just glad to be here.”