A Delhi Township boy has been in the intensive care unit for weeks after surviving a car crash, but his life will never be the same.

Seven-year-old Michael Askins and his mom were both in the crash on Columbia Parkway, Aug. 6. Advertisement

"We've got a 7-year-old with head trauma, he's unresponsive. CPR is going," police said over radio traffic.

Jonni Evans was driving with her son, Michael, in the backseat.

"I couldn't turn around. I couldn't turn around. I remember screaming for help and screaming for someone to get Michael out the car," Evans said.

Rushed to Cincinnati Children's Hospital, his family says doctors told them Michael had a one percent chance to survive the night.

Thirty-nine nights later, he's still at Children's, showing neurological improvement.

He's reading and

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