Wednesday, Johnstown police donated a new bicycle and helmet to a little boy who was hit by a CamTran bus in March.

5-year-old Colton Oster loves riding bicycles around his neighborhood in Johnstown, but for the past three months he hasn’t been able to.

In March, Colton was hit by a CamTran bus while riding his bike on Cypress Avenue and Jacob Street, just steps away from his home. He was rushed to a Pittsburgh hospital with a fractured skull, broken arm and ribs and a lacerated liver.

Johnstown Police Sergeant Erin Kabler was one of the first on the scene.

“Colton was badly injured. Being a paramedic for 20 years I expected a lot worse injuries,” said Sgt. Erin Kabler from the Johnstown Police Department.

Kabler said something Colton said that day stuck with him.

“Colton was badly injured but when he looked up at me, instead of saying I’m hurt, he said “I want to be a policeman.” It was tearful because I can see the injuries that he had and I could see that he should have been in a lot more pain and I was like, wow, this kid is in a lot of pain and his first thought is to tell me he wants to be a policeman,” Sgt. Kabler said.

After the accident, Sgt. Kabler wanted to do something to help Colton, so he bought him a new set of wheels. Wednesday, Johnstown police officers dropped off the new bike and a new helmet.

“We made it very dramatic we came up the streets with the lights and siren on and Colton got to see all the police cars come up the street so it was kind of neat,” Sgt. Kabler said.

Kabler had another special gift for Colton: a shirt with Johnstown police badges.

“They came from one of my old uniforms,” said Sgt. Kabler.

After weeks of physical therapy, Colton just got a clean bill of health from the doctors and is happy to hit the pavement again.

Just like Colton never forgot how to ride a bike, Sgt. Kabler won’t forget this brave little boy.

“Here’s this little kid and his Spiderman bike was stuck underneath the bus, there’s blood on the street. This kid’s only thought is he wants to be a policeman. So we all the officers there that day were talking about Colton and how brave he was and through his adversity is able to overcome his injuries and think about those things,” said Sgt. Kabler.