ROSEVILLE, Calif. —

An 11-year-old boy from Roseville is expressing gratitude after a group of students came to his aid when he fell off his bike on his way home from school.

Alex Cannon said he fell on a busy bike path right after classes let out at Barbara Chilton Middle School.

"It's like half a mile from my house to school. And I was like super tired. So, I went and I asked my friend like, 'Hey, can I hitchhike?' Because he has an e-bike. So, he said, 'Yeah,'" Cannon said.

So, on his bike, Cannon held onto his friend's electric bike. But, after only a few seconds, he said he began to tip over.

"I just, like, blacked out and then the next thing I know, I'm on the ground crying," he said.

Cannon said he was crying and covered with scrapes and bruises, but surrounded by other kids w

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