A mother in Racine is asking for help tracking down a driver after her son was involved in a hit-and-run while riding his bike home from work Saturday.
16-year-old Samuel Polenski said he was hit by an elderly woman at the intersection of Hayes Ave. and Durand Ave. at about 6:30 pm that night.
“I just immediately froze—rush of thoughts like what just happened? Who is this person?” Polenski said. “I’m just thinking and praying that nothing is broken.”
His prayers were answered. Polenski didn’t break anything, but he wasn’t completely unscathed.
“I’m still kind of shook,” he said. “Head hurts. Legs hurt. Arms hurt. Neck hurts.”
After getting hit, overwhelmed and a little disoriented, Polenski picked up his bike and limped the rest of the way home. That’s when his mom Randi …