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Summerlin mother says bike helmet saved son’s life

Alex Wigg wants to be a lot of things when he grows up. If you ask him, though, he’ll just say he wants to be “successful.” But if not for the helmet the 11-year-old Summerlin boy was wearing when he was struck by a car on the morning of April 27, he might never have had a chance to pursue his dreams. Alex Wigg wants to be a lot of things when he grows up. If you ask him, though, he’ll just say “successful.” But if not for the helmet the 11-year-old Summerlin boy was wearing when he was struck by a car on the morning of April 27, he might not have even had a chance to pursue those dreams.