An 11-year-old Las Vegas boy was riding an electric bike to school on the sidewalk when he was hit by a pickup truck and suffered life-threatening injuries, his mother said.
Rayan Kim was on her way to Gunderson Middle School around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday when she was struck by a 2012 Nissan Frontier at the intersection of Cactus Avenue and Cliff Lake Street.
According to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Rayann was riding her bike on the sidewalk on Cactus Avenue when she was struck, causing her to fall off her bike and then being hit by a truck.
“I miss my son,” his mother told KLAS. “I’m afraid.”
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Rayan Kim was riding an electric bicycle to school when she was hit by a pickup truck while riding on the sidewalk. (GoFundMe)
Rayan suffered life-threatening injuries in the accident and was taken to University Medical Center. His injuries include a fractured jaw and facial bones, a broken left arm, a severe rash on his skin, hemorrhage on the brain, and half of his right ear.
“He lost his right ear, his skin and his face,” his mother said.
The boy’s mother told KSNV that the boy left home to go to school the morning of the incident and said, “Mom, I love you.”
“That’s the last time I heard his voice,” she said.
The boy is alive but will need more surgery, family friend Kristen Penny said in an update shared Friday on a GoFundMe page created to support Rayann’s surgery and recovery. said. She reveals that he is responsive and can hear. Penny called it a “miracle” that she’s alive.
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Rayan Kim was attacked around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at the intersection of Cactus Avenue and Cliff Lake. (GoFundMe)
“After Rayanne’s two-hour surgery, doctors still haven’t restored 100% of his vision,” Penny wrote. “His hearing has not fully recovered either, but we are all hopeful that further surgery will be done! The bones around his eyes will need surgery and wiring. The road rash on his skin will require another surgery and will hopefully be removed next week along with the skin on his thigh. At the moment we are not even sure about the movement of the right side of his body and we wish him a speedy recovery! “
The driver of the crash, 39-year-old Leo Gonzalez Cerron, was not injured. Police said the man remained at the scene after the collision and did not appear to be impaired at the time of the incident.
Police are urging motorists to be aware of their surroundings at intersections after a spate of bicycle accidents involving children in the past week alone.
“We are not [need] “We have to teach and show what true love is, what is safe, and how to save our children in the future,” Rayan’s mother told KLAS.
Rayan Kim suffered life-threatening injuries in the accident. (GoFundMe)
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Penny said on the GoFundMe page that Rayanne was “a very bright light in everyone’s life and a very caring older brother to his younger sisters and brothers,” who is deeply involved in the Catholic Church and enjoys jiu-jitsu and clarinet. he added. .
The GoFundMe page had raised more than $53,000 of its $100,000 goal as of Sunday morning.
The boy’s middle school also set up donations and asked members of the community to drop off cards and gift cards for Rayan and his family on Friday.
“He’s always been there for me and he’s touched everyone’s lives,” Rayanne’s mother told KLAS.
