‘He Heard Me. He Heard Our Prayers’: Turlock Man Survives Hit And Run; Family Calls Recovery A Miracle

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TURLOCK (CBS13) – A Turlock antheral identified arsenic 41-year-old Tomas “Tommy” Trujillo Jr is recovering aft being severely injured successful a deed and tally clang successful September.

“He heard me, helium heard our prayers, and helium squeezed my hand,” said Tomas Trujillo, Tommy’s father.

Tomas can’t assistance but get affectional erstwhile reimagines the infinitesimal erstwhile his lad Tommy gave him a motion that helium was going to marque it by squeezing his hand, telling Tomas helium could perceive his voice.

“We genuinely judge a occurrence has happened,” said Nicole Trujillo, Tommy’s Aunt.

From that moment, the household says the miracles kept flowing.

Doctors astatine archetypal told Tomas his lad wouldn’t beryllium capable to speech implicit the telephone and weren’t definite helium would ever afloat recover, but Tommy proved them wrong.

“In the background, Renee, I could perceive him say, ‘I heard my dad’s voice,'” Tomas explained.

It was backmost successful September erstwhile Tommy was deed astatine the intersection of Lander Ave. and East Glenwood successful Turlock.

The operator accused of hitting him was a 16-year-old lad who constabulary accidental near the country but was tracked down by a witnesser who told him to spell back.

The teen yet did but fled again aft allegedly being told by a comparative identified arsenic 36-year-old Rick Thomas to leave.

Tommy’s household wanting to cognize why?

“The big that told his nephew to support connected going and permission my lad to dice successful a puddle of humor that’s going to beryllium a hard 1 to forgive close now,” Tomas said.

“I cognize I couldn’t leave. I don’t recognize wherefore anyone would that’s it,” Nicole said.

Tommy suffered a traumatic encephalon wounded and portion of his skull is gone.

But present respective weeks aboriginal helium is capable to speech and grin again.

“It’s amazing,” Tomas said.

His household anxious to conscionable the idiosyncratic who followed the teen portion staying beardown successful their faith.

They’re hoping Tommy is location conscionable successful clip for the holidays.

“I cognize helium is going to beryllium location and that’s what I look guardant to due to the fact that that’s what I’m seeing now,” Tomas said.

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The teen was charged for leaving the country of the crash. His comparative was charged for being an accessory to the crime.