Despite skull fracture, busted leg, boy wants to get back on bike

CLERMONT - Manon Glover doesn't know if she'll let her son get back on a motorcycle.
Saturday afternoon 12-year-old Travis and his friend were riding on his dirt bike, driving along the Clermont Road, and were struck by a car.
"I don't know what happened," said Manon. "The man that was driving the car, he doesn't know what happened either. He thought they had seen him coming and that they were going to wait, but my son proceeded to go across."
Within seconds of learning of the accident, the mother rushed to her son's side. "It was terrifying," said Manon. "My son was on the pavement."
Travis, who was driving, suffered a fractured skull and badly broken leg. He was taken by ambulance to Prince County Hospital and later airlifted to the IWK Health Centre in Halifax.
The other boy, who suffered cuts and bruises, spent the night in hospital.
Late Saturday night Travis had the first of two surgeries on his leg.
"They put in four pins, a rod on the exterior, and left one open wound for the second operation to see if it was healing the way they wanted it to," said Manon, who was at the hospital with her husband, daughter and nephew at the time.
The second surgery took place Wednesday.
In time, the 12-year-old is expected to make a full recovery.
"It will take three months. He'll be on crutches and have to do physio," said Manon. "It's going to take a long time to recover."
The past few days have been trying for her family.
However, the outpouring of support from the community has been overwhelming.
"Everyone has been so nice to us," said Manon.
"He should be back home by Sunday, we hope."
Travis and his friend were both wearing helmets at the time of the accident.
Unfortunately, they weren't properly secured.
"We thought they were tying them properly but they weren't," said Manon.
She said Travis, whose been around motorcycles most of his life, is a responsible and mature young man.
Already, he's asking when he can get back on a bike.
"He told me, Mom, it was an accident. It's a tough question. That's his passion," said the mother. "It's pretty tough for a mother. It was tough for me all the time seeing him on a motorcycle, but he was cautious."
Manon, a motorcycle owner herself, doesn't know what to say to her son.
"Either I'm going to sell everything and say that's it or trust my son."