Four teenagers suspected of pushing a 15-year-old boy in front of a car that hit him near a Hemet intersection, causing severe brain injuries, were arrested Friday, March 18.
Hemet police Lt. Nathan Miller said that three 15-year-old boys and a 16-year-old boy from a Hemet high school were booked into Riverside Juvenile Hall on suspicion of assault and other offenses. None were identified because of their ages, though Miller confirmed two of the suspects are related.
The victim, also not identified, has been under intensive care for brain trauma since the attack, according to the lieutenant.
He said that the skateboarder was injured about 4:25 p.m. on Feb. 28 along Stetson Avenue, near Seven Hills Drive.
Miller said that the teen was riding his skateboard eastbound when he encountered