And there is another seriously injured boy in the KHMH. Kevin Wagner's condition is not nearly as serious as Brighton's but it's pretty bad. The 7 year old Punta Gorda resident was knocked down by a bus a week ago.
He was knocked down and then the bus ran over his leg, mangling it completely.
On Saturday his mother and aunt told us that his injuries are massive and coping with them is proving excessively difficult:..
Rosilda Wagner, mother of victim
"He was going and they saw a James Bus coming and one was going and when one passed he cross the street and he never saw the next one that was coming in front of him. They say that the bus knock his head and was flung two feet from the bus and some people shouted at the bus driver that a child was there. The bus driver did not stop; the child could not pick up himself. When the bus reverses, it ran over his foot."
Jules Vasquez
"What is his condition now?"
Rosilda Wagner, mother of victim
"His foot right now is very bad, everything is torn up. He doesn't have his tendons, nothing. His foot is ground up. i hop he doesn't lose his foot because we don't want him to lose his foot."
Jules Vasquez
"Will he be able to walk again?"
Rosilda Wagner, mother of victim
"We hope that he will be able to walk again because we don't want him to lose his foot. The doctor is asking if we can take him out of the country. We want to take him out but we want the driver to pay all the expenses because I don't have money."
Elida Wagner, aunt of victim
"Four of us came from PG right now and it's really hard because we have kids with us and we have to leave some kids at home. It's really hard for us right now. We have a big bill at the hospital; we don't know how we will pay it. It's really hard."
Rosilda Wagner, mother of victim
"He cries a lot and he screams that he doesn't want to lose his foot. His foot hurts and every time they clean it, it hurts."
We could not confirm whether PG police have charged the driver. He has offered the family one hundred dollars plus, possibly, another one hundred dollars.
If you would like to help the family, you can call 626-1904.
Email
Print