DALLAS - It started as harmless fun - a teenager playing with a remote-controlled toy.

Minutes later, the same teen was hit by a truck and left for dead, in the middle of the street.

He's in serious condition, as police try to track down the hit-and-run driver.

Broken ribs, a fractured neck, and a fractured skull - just some of the serious injuries 19-year-old Johnny Borrago is recovering from at an area hospital.

The Dallas teen was at his uncle's house in Forney, playing with a remote-control car in the street.

Moments later, he was lying there bloodied, begging for help.

"I didn't think he was going to actually run me over with the truck," he said.

In tears and in horrible pain, 19-year-old Johnny Borrago took us through the night.

Late Tuesday, he was playing with a remote-control car on a dead-end street at his uncle's house, when he says a white Chevy pickup clipped his toy, then circled back towards him.

"I walked in the street, he started revving his engine and he just gunned it," said Johnny.

The teen was dragged a few feet on the pavement before he was run over by the truck.

"I got on my knees yelling for help, checking if anybody come outside, and nobody came outside."

He somehow managed to crawl and fight his way back to his uncle's house where he collapsed at the front door.

"When he hit the ground I saw quite a bit of blood, so I knew something was wrong," his uncle said.

His uncle called police and his panicked family thought the worst.

"I don't know why this happened, he's not an animal, he's a human being - he's a kid," his mother said.

A kid left broken in the street, like the toy he was playing with.

"I don't see how somebody could do something like that, try to kill somebody you don't know," said Johnny.

The suspect's vehicle is a white Chevy Silverado truck, possibly a 2000 to 2003 model. It has a black brush guard on the front of it and the victim says it looked like a 4-by-4, or off-road version because it had big tires.

Anyone with information on this crime is asked to call police.









FORNEY — Run over, dragged and left for dead, a teenage victim in a hit-and-run accident said the driver behind the wheel actually revved his engine before driving his truck right over him.

On Monday, police arrested 19-year-old Gregory Chappell. Forney police said they believe Chappell was behind the wheel when Johnny Borrago, 19, was run over last Tuesday night.

A tip, which was given to the victim's family the day after News 8 aired a story Friday on the case, led police to Chappell.

Investigators also seized Chappell's truck, a white Chevy with a black brush guard, which matched the description of the one Borrago said ran over him.

"He made the wrong mistake and ran me over," Borrago said. "I just wanted to talk to him, let him know he ran over my car. He made the wrong decision to run me over."

What's still not clear is the motive behind the incident. Borrago said before he was hit, the driver ran over a toy car he was playing with in a street in front of his uncle's home. He said the driver then circled back around, revved his engine and ran him over.

"I'm glad they caught him," Borrago said. "He deserved to be caught."

Chappell was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and is currently at the Forney Jail.

When showed a picture of Chappell, Borrago said he had never seen the teen before.

"His life was just starting, too," said Maria Hunt, the victim's mother, of Chappell. "And he has ruined his own life, too. I feel sorry for his mom, his family."

Borrago spent one week at Baylor University Medical Center and was checked out on Monday. However, doctors say he still has a long recovery ahead of him.







it pisses me off when ppl say this kid deserves it for being in the street first of all he was on a cul da sac so he was not in the street



i think it was a hate crime what do u think pleas no attaccks on me

sound slike the guy driving the truck could be seriously mentally ill...idk. maybe he had some personal vendetta....

cant get a feel for the guys motives..but its to strange to sound like it was an accident.

Murder even in cold blood does not require mental illness.

i think u r 3 ggradde butt i sad 4 kid

What I was gonna say.

He was in a cul de sac. Not a through street. Typically, you see lots of kids playing in the circle when they live in one. people have already slowed way down so they can pull into a drive.

It's one reason people with kids LIKE cul de sacs.

I think the kid probably has a sh1t-ton of anger in him. And for some reason, the toy car in the street set it off. Of course, that is a totally random guess.

With those injuries, it is AMAZING the one kid manage to get to a house like he did. I hope he is able to fully recover. That's gonna be with him forever.

what????

Yes pretty messed up these kinds of things always make me reconsider my stance on capital punishment.

I can't think of anything to say other than "damn thats farked up!"