Update: Boy hit by van on Jamerson Road facing long recovery

Earlier this week we reported on a 12-year-old boy who was hit by a vehicle on Monday as he walked across Jamerson Road near Davis Elementary School.

His mother updated the situation on a fundraising page set up for his medical expenses, and she said has been in intensive-care at Children’s Hospital of Atlanta, and has several surgeries as he recovers.

Preston Veal is a rising 7th grader at Mabry Middle School and is involved in the Lassiter Junior youth football program, but he suffered numerous broken bones and internal injuries in the crash…

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