Colton Stormont, 5, is recovering from an accident that occurred at his Gorham home on April 29. Gorham police said the accident happened as family members worked on a project in their driveway on Sebago Lake Road, also known as Route 237. The boy was playing on the passenger side of the family’s Jeep Liberty. Sgt. Ted Hatch said the boy got the vehicle out of park and into neutral, causing it to roll backward down the driveway.

“It appears the boy was run over by the vehicle,” Hatch said. His mother, Cassandra Stormont added, “He tried to jump out and it ran over him.”

Stormont suffered a bruised lung, fractured ribs, two broken arms, and a fractured skull. He underwent surgery on May 1 and was released from Maine Medical Center on May 8. A GoFundMe page has been established to help the Stormont family offset some of the ongoing medical costs.