ENID, Okla. (KFOR) – The Enid Police Department is investigating an accident involving a vehicle and pedestrian that occurred at a Walmart Supercenter.
On Tuesday, Oct. 24, officers found 18-year-old Genaro Hernandez Diaz in the store’s parking lot and another person who performed CPR at the scene. First responding officers began CPR until Enid Fire Department personnel arrived on the scene.
Diaz was taken by Life Ambulance to Integris Bath Baptist Hospital, then taken to OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City, where he was admitted with serious injuries to his head, torso, arms and legs, authorities said.
Authorities also said in a Facebook post that Gabriel Vega Casillas, also 18, told officers he had left Walmart to meet two friends and co-workers, one of whom was Diaz. He explained.
He said Diaz climbed onto the hood of a 1997 Dodge Ram 1500 and another friend climbed into the bed of the truck. Casillas told officers his friends were just playing around.
Casillas said he got into his truck to leave, but two of his friends were still in the truck. When Casillas was about to leave and looked back at his friend in the bed of the truck, he ran over Diaz, he said.
Enid police said the incident remains under investigation and no arrests were made at the scene.