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Boy still recovery after major Minneapolis crash
A young boy is still recovering after a crash in Minneapolis Thursday. The boy's mother and her friend died in the crash. FOX 9's Babs Santos has more.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Graysen Borg’s grandmother says the 6-year-old is beginning to regain energy after a devastating crash took his mother’s life on Thursday.
Graysen was on his way to school Thursday morning when the vehicle he was in was struck during a high-speed police pursuit involving a carjacking suspect.
"He said I was in a car accident. Something bad happened. It was really bad. People died," Page recalled. "The car tipped over on its side and came back down and crashed down hard. He knew details of a 6-year-old shouldn’t have to go through… I could not believe Graysen was in the car. It was too mangled."
Graysen survived, but he has a long road to recovery. His family says he will be hospitalized at Hennepin Healthcare for weeks, and while he recovers, he’ll have to use a wheelchair to get around.
"Basically, each limb has a break," Graysen’s grandmother Nichole Page told FOX 9 on Saturday.
Graysen has two broken legs, a fractured pelvis, a broken foot, and a broken thumb and arm. As of Saturday, he had been moved out of HCMC’s intensive care unit.
"It could’ve definitely been worse. It was a definite miracle of God… that car seat saved him, but actually I want to say that car seat didn’t save him; God saved him. The car seat was the tool that helped encompass his little body, so it didn’t get more broken," Page said.
Suspect charged
What we know:
The suspect Troy Mike Payton has been charged with two counts of fleeing a police officer resulting in death.
Before Thursday’s crash, authorities said he fired a gun while driving across the city on sidewalks and into oncoming traffic.
Fundraising efforts for victim
What you can do:
This weekend, Graysen’s family started an online fundraiser to help with the costs of his medical care, physical therapy and mental health therapy.