Cayden Parks says he counts his blessings after what happened last week Thursday.
“I was thankful that I’m still here and able to still talk to my mom,” the 11 year old said on Saturday.
A car struck him on his morning bike ride to Merrill Middle School in Oshkosh.
“The driver stopped. He came across the street and he was crying. He apologized right away, he felt really bad,” Julia Conley, Parks’ mother, said. It’s about a 10 minute ride from his house to school. Parks said he did not see the car coming and he escaped with a mild concussion and some scraps and bruises.
The collision, however, destroyed his bike and unnerved his mother.
“I got a call from an officer. They came and picked me up and brought me there. I started shaking, I was so scared. I’m happy he’s okay, it could’ve went way worse than what it did,” Conley said.
Firefighters and paramedics with Oshkosh fire station 17 responded to the scene and were relieved Parks wasn’t in bad shape.