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Gene Kennedy reportingSixteen-year-old Ryan Fullmer has a long road to recovery after becoming the victim of a hit-and-run accident, and his family is now offering a reward to find the driver who hit him.
Last week, Fullmer was riding his dirt bike on his street. He was not far behind a car when the driver decided to pull to the right, then make a U-turn. "Right then he hit the gas and flipped a yoo-ee (U-turn). I tried to stop, but I hit just in front of the rear-tire," Fullmer said.
The bike went down, and Fullmer was swept underneath the car. He says, "I actually got a hold of the top of the car or the side of the car with this hand and started banging and yelling to stop, but he just kept going. I felt it run over this arm for sure."
His arm may never be the same. An X-ray shows it's loaded with pins and screws. In the end, both arms and legs were broken, and the driver was long gone.
Fullmer doesn't get it. "I know he felt me at least," he said.
His mom, Molly Fullmer, said, "Even if you panic at the scene, a conscience would make you to come forward and deal with what happened."
And his grandfather, Terryl Robinson, said, "It's disgusting, and I think it's time we stood up and seek these people out." He's doing just that, offering a reward for information leading to the driver. "I'll be glad to pay $5,000, $10,000 to find these people," he said.
Molly says, "I just want to make people aware of what happened, especially the body shops, if someone is having a silver car repaired."
A silver car, that's all Fullmer and another witness saw.
Sgt. Chatlin, with the Layton Police Department, says, "Sedan style, but I don't have really any good details."
It's hardly anything for police to go on.
Meanwhile, for the driver, Fullmer has this message: "Have the guts to come forward. That's pretty much it."
Fullmer left Ogden Regional Hospital Tuesday night, but it'll take four to six months before he'll be able to walk again.
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