Mother staying at bedside of 15-year-old son attacked while skateboarding in Hemet

The mom of a Hemet boy who’s in a coma after he was thrown right into a roadway and hit by a automotive is spending her time at his facet and hoping for a miracle.

Lucia Hernandez hasn’t spoken to her 15-year-old son, Angel, in three weeks. He’s been mendacity in a coma at Riverside College Well being System – Medical Heart in Moreno Valley ever since he was attacked whereas skateboarding in Hemet.

On Feb. 28, Angel was using close to the intersection of Stetson Avenue and Seven Hills Drive when a gaggle of teenagers pushed him off his board and into visitors the place he was hit by a automotive and critically injured. He suffered main head and mind accidents within the crash.

Since then, his mom has referred to as his hospital room her dwelling.

“I sleep right here, I’m not going nowhere,” Lucia Hernandez mentioned. “I’m going to stick with him. He wants me.”

The precise motive of the assault is unclear, however Angel’s skateboard went lacking and his aunt, Belki Brizuela, believes he could have been the goal of a theft.

“They have been ready for him in that nook, in that road, on that highlight,” Brizuela mentioned. “I’m assuming they most likely needed to rob him as a result of, I don’t know what else to assume. The skateboard isn’t there.”

Lucia says her women consistently ask about their brother. Angel’s dad, additionally devastated, is now the one mother or father working to help the household.

Throughout his hospital keep Angel has had a handful of different well being issues. Docs instructed his mom he’s battling pneumonia for the second time since his hospitalization.

Whereas he stays within the coma, his medical doctors say solely time will inform if his situation will enhance.

“We’re simply ready for any hope,” Lucia Hernandez mentioned. “Docs simply say, ‘be affected person,’ however they don’t know.”

Hemet police took 4 teenagers into custody final week for his or her alleged position within the incident.

Three 15-year-olds and a 16-year-old have been taken into custody and booked into the Riverside County Juvenile Corridor to await unspecified prices. Their names haven’t but been launched as a result of their ages.

Whereas Angel’s mom waits for his situation to enhance, she can even be ready to see what occurs to the teenagers accused of attacking her son.

“I simply need justice. That’s all. I really need justice. These children must pay. What they did just isn’t a recreation, it’s actual severe stuff,” she mentioned.

The household has arrange a GoFundMe web page to assist pay for Angel’s medical care.