'She's going to be okay': 12-year-old girl recovering 1 week after being hit on E-scooter in Delavan

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — A 12-year-old girl is recovering in the hospital, one week after being hit by a car in Delavan.

Police told us she was crossing a street on a scooter, when she was hit by a 16-year-old driver, resulting in life-threatening injuries.

According to her family, 12-year-old Evelyn Kibler still hospitalized in Madison, where she taken by flight for life last Friday, but she is getting better every day.

Mark Kibler said his daughter was riding her e-scooter to a friend's house after school on May 15, when she was hit by a car on her right side.

It happened while she was going through a crosswalk near 2nd and Wisconsin. Police have not identified the 16-year-old driver, but said the person is cooperating with the investigation.

Evelyn was taken by ambulance to MercyHealth in Walworth, then airlifted to American Family Children's Hospital.

Kibler said his daughter has quite a few injuries, but she is improving.

"Right now, she's just dealing with a lot of pain. She has a broken right leg, bruises everywhere, a little bit of a brain injury, some brain bleeding," Kibler explained. "Nothing too severe; she didn't have to have any surgeries or anything. She's got all of her memory in place." 

He told CBS 58, Evelyn still doesn't remember what happened; she just knows she got hurt. 

"She was intubated for a couple days, so she only remembers from that moment when she woke up there, until now," he said.

Kibler has access to an app connected to Evelyn's motorized scooter, which showed she was only going about 5 miles-per-hour at the time of the crash.

Now at the intersection, there is a sign warning cars to yield to pedestrians. A neighbor told a CBS 58 photojournalist that the sign just put there within the last week.

Kibler doesn't know what led to the crash, saying the family has been primarily focused on Evelyn's recovery.

"It's an unfortunate accident; nothing that's really something to blame something on," Kibler said.

He tells us Evelyn is getting stronger with physical and speech therapy.

"She's going to be okay. She's got some trauma, but I think in the end, everything's going to be fine," he said. "Hopefully we'll be home sooner than later." 

He expects Evelyn to remain in the hospital for a couple more weeks.

Kibler says his daughter is a cheerleader, plays volleyball, and most of all, she loves hanging out with friends.

Kibler himself is the head football coach at Delavan-Darien High School. 

He said the support from the football community, and the whole city of Delavan, has been helping his family through this difficult time.