AURORA, Colo. -- A 6-year-old boy is recovering from serious head injuries after being hit by a Ford Ranger pickup truck Saturday morning.

The parents of Christopher Gonzales, 6, were visiting friends on the 1100 block North Moline Street where the hit-and-run was witnessed by several neighbors.

Christopher was standing near his parents’ friends who were changing a tire to a truck parked in front of the home. He walked from behind the truck, and toward the front when he was hit by the Ford Ranger with two passengers, said Aurora Police Lt. Bruce Smith.

Witnesses told Aurora police the driver was going northbound on Moline Street and put his car in reverse after he hit the 6-year-old boy and continued to speed in the same gear southbound on Moline Street.

Witnesses to the scene chased the driver on foot while one got in a vehicle to pursue him.

Aurora police arrested the driver of the Ford Ranger, who is identified as Ricardo Gomez-Carcamo, 26, by a Mexican Consulate identification card, near East 11th Avenue, where he lost control and crashed into bushes and a utility pole.

The second passenger was identified as Simon P. Gallegos, who police say got out of the truck and ran back to the scene and was arrested on an unrelated warrant.

Christopher was transported to the Children’s Hospital where Aurora Police Victim Services responded to assist the Gonzales’s family.

Gomez-Carcamo is being held for felony charges of leaving the scene of a serious bodily injury accident.