SOUTH PHILADELPHIA - A gut-wrenching scene at Darien Street and Oregon Avenue, in South Philadelphia, where a pickup truck is stopped in the middle of the street, with a mangled bike underneath it.Michael Helmer lives a half block away at 9th and Oregon.
That’s where police and witnesses say a young boy was riding his bike when the driver of the truck hit him.Witnesses say the driver got out and took off running.They say a crowd went after him and beat him up before police got to the scene and took him into custody."I came home from work and I seen a bunch of cops and little kids riding bikes and I’m like, ‘What happened?" Helmer explained.A friend of the victim said they were riding bikes with a group of bikers when the victim was hit.