Cañon City High School student recovering after being run over in the school parking lot
CAÑON CITY, Colo. (KRDO) - A Cañon City High School (CCHS) freshman is recovering after being run over by a car in a school parking lot by a fellow student.
Cañon City police said they may be charging the driver responsible, based on the findings in their investigation so far.
Brittany Ronco is the mother of 14-year-old Brylee Nickell. She said she was on the phone with her daughter on Thursday afternoon telling her where she was parked to pick her up after school.
"I told her just across the street where I where I always do. And she jokingly said, Oh, man, I'm going to get hit by a car." said Ronco.
The Mother of six said another one of her daughters called her just after phone call ended, saying someone had been hit by a car, which shocked her.
"I was like, What? And I was like, Did you see who it was? And she's like, No, but, um, I was right behind the truck."
It was even more shocking minutes later when both her daughter, and Ronco, got another call from Brylee's phone, but it was a stranger's voice on the other end asking if this was her Mom.
"And right then I knew it was her. And I just booked it across the street. I didn't even look before crossing that street." said Ronco.
She explains that 14-year-old Brylee was hit by the front of a car, and went under both sets of tires. The freshman at CCHS was left with a fractured sternum and shoulder blade, a partially collapsed lung, and five staples in her head.
"She was just on the ground and blood was coming out of her head, and it was traumatizing, scary." explained the Ronco.
She says she and her husband do not intend to press charges against the young man who hit their daughter. They said they believe it was an accident on behalf of both of the teens.
They said that teenage boy stayed on scene and was the first to call 9-1-1. That added that he appeared to be heavily traumatized by the situation himself and did everything he could to help.
"We're just thankful that she's alive and she's okay." said Ronco.
Rylee was released from the Children's Hospital of Colorado Springs early Friday afternoon. Mom, Brittany, says her daughter is already looking to go back to school on Monday, to return to her friends and beloved softball team.
"She can still play. She will probably just take a few weeks for her to recover, but she wants to go to every everything after. She wants to go to the games and the practices, even if she has to sit on the bench." said Ronco.
