'I'm lucky to be alive': Man in wheelchair run over by truck in North Austin speaks out

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'I'm lucky to be alive': Man in wheelchair run over by truck in North Austin speaks out
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De Luna sustained a list of injuries including lacerations to his head and face, a cracked skull, a brain bleed, and a fractured pelvis.

He says he moves through that parking lot off North Lamar Blvd. every morning to get to work. The day of the crash, he was doing just that. What happened next, he does not remember, but it was caught on a nearby security camera.VIEWER WARNING: A 17-year-old has been arrested and charged after allegedly hitting a man in a wheelchair in a parking lot in North Austin and leaving the area.

On Sept. 3 around 10 a.m., De Luna can be seen on security footage moving through the parking lot until he gets to an area of the lot where cars are not designated to move through. He begins to make hand gestures to something off camera to slow down when a truck appears on screen and hits him. "I woke up in the hospital and they were going to sew my head," said De Luna, translated from Spanish.Disability rights organization responds to video of hit-and-run injuring man in wheelchairPablo Antonio Avila-Banagas has been arrested and charged after allegedly hitting a man in a wheelchair with his truck and driving away.

Austin police have arrested 17-year-old Pablo Antonio Avila-Banagas saying he was the one who hit De Luna and fled. De Luna says he knows people think the teen might have done it on purpose, and he has no idea if he did, but he wishes no ill will on the suspect. He just hopes the suspect will learn from this lesson.DAILY NEWSLETTERthat I have read and agree

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