An 11-year-old boy suffered life-threatening injuries after he was hit by a pickup truck in Las Vegas as he was on a sidewalk riding his electric bicycle to school, his mother says.
Rayan Kim was struck on Tuesday at around 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of Cactus Avenue and Cliff Lake Street by a 2012 Nissan Frontier while he was on his way to Gunderson Middle School.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said Rayan was riding his bicycle on the sidewalk of Cactus Avenue when he was hit, knocking him off the bike, before he was run over by the truck.
“I miss my son,” his mother told KLAS. “I’m scared.”
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Rayan Kim was hit by a pickup truck as he was on a sidewalk riding his electric bicycle to school. (GoFundMe)
Rayan suffered life-threatening injuries from the crash and was transported to University Medical Center. His injuries include a fracture to his jaw and facial bones, a broken left arm, severe road rash to his skin, hemorrhage on his brain, bleeding and losing half his right ear.
“He lost his right ear, skin, and face,” his mother said.
The boy’s mother told KSNVÂ that he left home for school on the morning of the incident and said, “Mom, I love you.”
“That’s the last time I heard his voice,” she said.
In an update shared Friday on a GoFundMe page created to support Rayan’s surgeries and recovery, family friend Kristen Penny said the boy is alive but will still require further surgeries. She revealed that he is responsive and can hear. Penny called it a “miracle” that he remains alive.
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Rayan Kim was struck on Tuesday at around 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of Cactus Avenue and Cliff Lake. (GoFundMe)
“After Rayan’s two hour surgery, doctors still are not 100% on his eye sight,” Penny wrote. “His hearing is also not fully recovered but with more surgery we are all hopeful! Bones surrounding his eyes will need…