A Chelsea police officer looks at the scooter the child was using as it rests against the car that stuck him. (Staff photo by John Wilcox)
By O’Ryan Johnson
Wednesday, August 1, 2007 - Updated: 05:13 AM EST
A 5-year-old Chelsea boy was hit by a Toyota Matrix that knocked him 20 feet into the air, then dragged him at least 20 feet more, leaving him in critical condition last night despite the efforts of bystanders who lifted the car to rescue him, police said.
Police and witnesses said the boy was in the crosswalk at Eastern Avenue and Crescent Avenue about 8:45 p.m. with his mother, another adult woman and two other children, including one in a stroller, when the Toyota barreled into him.
The crash happened next to a Dunkin’ Donuts where Rafael Nerey, 42, of Lynn and Rico Figueroa, 46, of Chelsea were outside sipping coffee and smoking when they heard the sickening sound of the boy hitting the car.
“I heard the thud, and I looked,” Nerey said. “I dropped my coffee and I ran over there. I didn’t know if he knew he hit someone, so I put my hands on the hood and said, ‘Stop!’ ”
Seconds after the two men raced to the car, officer Edward Marchese happened by and ran to help.
“He was very calm,” Nerey said. “Very collected.”
Nerey and Figueroa said the boy’s arm and leg were visible beneath the bumper, but his body appeared pinned under the front axel. The boy’s mother stood nearby sobbing uncontrollably.
Marchese put the car in neutral, while Nerey, Figueroa and a third bystander lifted the car and pushed it off of the boy.
“I don’t remember feeling anything at all. We all lifted at the same time,” Figueroa said. “I didn’t feel no weight, to tell you the truth.”
Nerey said he and the police officer bent down to check on the child, who had severe road-rash cuts on his back and a lump on his head. He was conscious and crying, Nerey said.
“The child started to move,” Nerey said. “I had my left hand on his left shoulder and I just kept saying, ‘No te mueva. No te mueva, Don’t move. Don’t move.’ And the police officer was saying the same thing.”
Chelsea police Capt. Brian Kyes said the boy was rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital in critical condition with internal bleeding. Kyes said no charges have been filed against the driver, and that alcohol does not appear to be involved. State police are investigating.
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