When Susan Connell found her 13-year-old son lying on the highway, his head swollen and covered in blood, she thought he was dead.
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"He was beyond recognition," she told the Daily Liberal.
Trangie youngster Daniel Linnett was being towed on his bicycle behind a motorbike when his front wheel started to wobble and he hit the ground with an "impact of 160 kilometres an hour", according to the mother-of-eight.
But what made the situation worse, she said, was that Daniel had been "left there to die".
"He was left deserted, that really annoyed me," Ms Connell said.
"How dare (his friends) leave him there to die, what's happened to the mateship in this country?"
The boy was rushed by ambulance to Dubbo with a severed lip that was "hanging on by the corners of his mouth", a split eyelid and severe abrasions on his cheek, nose and forehead.
He "amazingly" had no broken bones but lost three pints of blood, might lose his eye and had up to a year of recovery and plastic surgery ahead of him, Ms Connell said.
She said she was hoping this accident would act as a wake-up call for other kids.
"It's coming to reality now and his spirits are horrid," she said.
"Motorbikes aren't toys ... if just one person wears a helmet because of this, it's made a difference. Daniel's a fearless kid but this should change his ways."
The accident happened last Wednesday afternoon two-and-a-half kilometres from Trangie on the Tottenham Road.
Ms Connell said Daniel told her the motorbike rider, who was allegedly a teenage friend of his, was travelling about 80km/h towing the pushbike with a rope, and the boys were "hoping to reach 100km/h".
She said although Daniel, who was wearing a helmet at the time, was encouraging the teenage motorbike rider to "go faster", he had told them to stop when he began to lose control.
The next thing Daniel remembers is waking up in hospital.
"The helmet is a mess, it's completely shattered," Ms Connell said.
"But that's what saved his life, there's no doubt about it."
Ms Connell said a woman from a nearby property discovered the accident after she "heard a bang" and immediately called the ambulance. She then alerted Ms Connell to the bad news.
"When I was told about the accident I thought he was dead," Ms Connell said.
"We found him covered in blood and his face was swollen."
Ms Connell said she believed the motorbike rider was "unlicensed" and the motorbike "unregistered".
She also believed irresponsible behaviour with kids and motorbikes had been happening in the area for "at least two years".
But according to Narromine police Sergeant Joe Krzanic, nothing similar to this incident had previously been reported.
Narromine police are investigating the "alleged accident" and Sergeant Krzanic said police are calling on the public to offer any further information.