LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – An 11-year-old boy is fighting for his life after his heartbroken mother said he was hit and run over by a pickup truck on his way to school.
The crash happened at the intersection of Cactus Avenue and Cliff Lake Street , west of Rainbow Boulevard.
Holding on tight to her faith and just wanting to hear her son’s voice again. The mother of Rayan Kim did not want to be on camera or have her identity revealed.
“I miss my son,” she said. “I’m scared.”
Telling 8 News Now Rayan, who is the oldest of three, was riding his bicycle to Gunderson Middle School around 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 30.
Las Vegas Metropolitan police said Rayan was riding his electric bicycle on the sidewalk of Cactus Avenue. That’s when he was hit, thrown from the bike, and run over by a pickup truck.
Now, Rayan is clinging on to life, sustaining extensive injuries.
“He lost his right ear, skin, and face,” his mother told 8 News Now.
His mother added that Rayan also has fractures to his jaw, a brain hemorrhage, and a broken left arm.