Boy, 7, in coma after being hit by truck while running to school bus stop

A 7-year-old Georgia boy is fighting for his life after he was hit by a pick-up truck while running to a school bus stop.

The little boy, identified by a fundraiser as Aiden, has been in a medically induced coma since the tragic accident last week in the city of Rome.

The “rough and tough” boy and his older brother were running to catch a bus when Aiden meandered into the road and was hit by a Ford F-150 around 7 a.m. on Aug. 21, his family and police said.

Aiden was hit by a pick-up truck while trying to catch the school bus, police and his family said. GoFundMe

Adults who witnessed the horror sprang to give the young child CPR before he was rushed to a nearby hospital and ultimately airlifted to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta-Scottish Rite Hospital, his family said.

The boy was diagnosed with a diffuse axonal injury, a severe ligament tear between his skull and neck and a broken pelvis and ribs, as well as a fractured clavicle and wrist.

He was intubated and has been in a medically induced coma ever since.

“He is a strong little man, and we are all waiting anxiously for him to wake up and return to his energetic self,” Aiden’s aunt wrote in a GoFundMe, adding that the young boy “loves paw patrol. Tik tok dancing, being rough and tough and alllll the things.”

The boy has been in a medically induced coma since last week’s accident. GoFundMe
“He is a strong little man, and we are all waiting anxiously for him to wake up and return to his energetic self,” his family said. GoFundMe

Despite claims by Aiden’s family, police told WSB-TV that the pick-up truck driver was not speeding.

The driver remained on the scene, did not show signs of impairment and is not facing charges, officials said.

The child was running to a bus stop at the time of the accident, but was not boarding the bus or at a crossing near a stopped bus, police said, adding that the road was wet from storms earlier that morning.

The crash is a “devastating tragedy for all involved,” a police spokesperson told CBS.

An investigation into the cause of the crash remains ongoing.

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