A TEENAGE cyclist will need an operation to fit surgical pins after being left with a broken ankle after being hit by a car.
McKenzie Hall, age 18, was knocked off his bike at the crossing near the Oak Apple pub on Spetchley Road.
The driver initially got out to check his registration plate but then drove off without checking on Mr Hall.
The teenager was left to drag his bike out of the road and hobble in agony towards the pavement where he rang his grandad Mark Brooke-Wallis.
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Since the crash on Tuesday (November 1), Mr Hall has been told he will need surgical pins in his ankle because he has been left with serious injuries.
Mr Brooke-Wallis, age 49, said the crash has left Mr Hall immobile and unable to go to work for six to eight weeks, but ultimately it has affected his grandson's confidence.
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"He rang me at 4.15pm and said 'I've been knocked off my bike' and I drove there to take him to hospital.
"And then he was in the hospital all night.
"I find it disgusting that the driver left my grandson with the injuries he had.
"As a driver, you have a responsibility, he saw my grandson and never offered him any help."
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Mr Brooke-Wallis claims the driver verbally abused his grandson before driving off.
He said: "The driver stopped his car got out examined his number plate and proceeded to leave the scene with no contact details or insurance details and didn’t even enquire about his well-being.
"He saw my grandson and he just sped off.
"You have got to do the right thing and take responsibility for what he has done.
"The bike was a present for my grandson and it cost £2,000.
"That bike was his pride and joy and he used it to get to work.
"I bought his reflectors, bells and lights to make him more visible on the road, and for this to happen after all that - it does my head in.
"We look after him like he is our son and he has lived with me and his nanny since he was a baby.
"He hasn't started the job, he hasn't long left school, he is just starting his adult life and this has given him such a knock.
"If the driver just got my grandson up and say I am very sorry about this, then that would have been good enough.
"He is immobile, he is just flat out in bed."
Anyone with information should call police on 101 quoting reference number 107i04111022.
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