West Allis mother seeks answers, accountability after she says her teenage son was hit by a car while biking home from school

WEST ALLIS, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Nikki Burke was at work when she looked down at her phone and saw multiple missed calls and messages from her teenage son, Malachi.

"I wanted to get to him as quickly as possible," Burke told CBS 58's Ellie Nakamoto-White.

When she arrived at the scene near 98th and Cleveland on Friday, May 22, Burke said Malachi had been hit by a car while on his bike heading home from school.

"At this intersection, there was a car that was stopped, he thought he was okay to go but she clearly didn't see him, so she pulled out and collided with the back end of the bike and caused him to go down to the ground and skid across the road," Burke recalled. "The worst, you know, thinking a collision with a car could be fatal but I'm very thankful that wasn't the case."

Malachi's shoe had a large hole torn in the fabric and his socks were bloodied.

His shorts and underwear were also ripped, and Burke said he suffered from road rash and bruised ribs, which were later treated in the emergency room.

The pedals on his bike are also now broken, and the seat itself is ripped as well. 

"[The driver] asked through the window, are you okay? And him trying to be brave, he said yes, clearly, he was not," Burke said, adding that they believe the driver was in a black four-door sedan who then continued on down the road. "Girl in her twenties with bleached white hair and black highlights, facial piercings, for sure a nose piercing, and she had a haircut where it was shorter in the front, longer in the back."

Now while Malachi recovers, Burke said she wants accountability from the driver.

"Accidents happen but the right thing to do is to stay on the scene and make sure all parties involved have the information we need so we can pursue solutions and heal from the incident," Burke said. "So, she left the scene, so we're left with a lot of questions about who that person was."

As for her message to those behind the wheel?

"To not assume that even if you're following the rules and you think you're riding your bike safely, the cars and other traffic around might not be doing so, so we just have to be extra careful," Burke said.