A man has filed a lawsuit against Miami-Dade County, its sheriff and several deputies over a crash that left him with life-changing injuries.

Joey Serpa, who was 21 at the time, was riding a motorcycle when he was hit by a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s patrol car. In the complaint, he accuses deputies of false arrest, excessive force and violating his civil rights. The lawsuit also blames them for the crash.

The accident happened in the early morning hours of May 24 near Miami International Airport. Months later, Serpa is still hospitalized.

His attorney, Marissel Descalzo, shared dispatch calls and a series of records from law enforcement, first responders and the hospital.

NBC6 spoke exclusively with Joey’s family.

Dunia Matamoros, his mother, says she got an alert on her cellphone around 2

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