A 9-year-old boy is recovering after being hit by a car while riding his bike. The driver of the vehicle took off.

It happened just before 12:30 p.m. Sunday near 19th Avenue and Clinton Street in Aurora. Angel was riding his bike near home when a red SUV hit him.

"I was coming from over there and I was doing a U-turn," Angel said.

Seconds later, he was on the ground. His sister ran outside when she heard him screaming.

"I asked him, 'what happened? What happened?' He told me a car hit him," Padilla recalled. "Very disappointing. How can someone run over a nine-year-old boy and not even stop to check?"

A neighbor's security camera caught the sound of the impact, followed by Angel's cries. A red SUV is seen speeding off.

A screenshot of security camera footage provided by a neighbor ap

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