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Student graduates days after he was hit by car, suffered a concussion

Michael Taylor was hit by a car while walking to school on Monday

A high school student walked across the stage and accepted his diploma days after he was hit by a car and suffered a concussion.

Channel 2's Tom Jones spoke to Michael Taylor as he was getting ready for the big ceremony.

Taylor was hit by a car in a crosswalk Monday and was knocked unconscious, officials said. He doesn’t remember what happened, but said officers filled in the blanks.

“I was in the air for a minute and then I landed onto the guy's windshield,” he said.

The Clayton County Sheriff's Office said a student was hit by a car on the way to school Monday morning. 

He was taken to a hospital. He suffered a concussion, bruises to his face and back and other injuries.

Michael and his family have had a tough time recently. They were homeless after his father suffered two strokes and then this happened.

But Taylor says it could have been much worse.

"I should be, like, in a freaking coma," he said.

Jones asked him if he thought he wouldn't be able to attend his graduation ceremony.

"No, I was going to walk regardless," Taylor said.

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That's what he did.

Taylor said he harbors no resentment for the driver and neither does his mother.

"We're praying for him, too, because he stopped to make sure that Mikey was alright," Leslie Taylor said.

Michael Taylor said getting hit was a minor bump in the road. He said it did not put a damper on his positive spirit.

"I gotta keep moving. I can't focus on those bad things unless I need to," he said.

Police are still investigating the incident.