A highly emotional reunion took place at Mildura Base Public Hospital when 19-year-old Caleb Bowers was reunited with the team that saved his life.

The apprentice chef suffered a traumatic head injury after being struck by a car when crossing Deakin Avenue on April 28 last year.

The then-18-year-old was brought to the Base's emergency department in a critical condition.

A neurosurgeon was deplo...