A MUM has appealed for help in catching a motorist who

knocked her son off his bike and left him for dead.

Thirteen-year-old Matthew Curd was cycling home from school

with a friend when he was hit by the car.

He was sent flying into the air and landed on the bonnet of

the car, smashing the windscreen, before then rolling into the

road.

The driver of the car stopped and got out. She told a crowd

of people who had gathered in Cordelia Way, Chellaston, that

she was going to park her car round the corner.

But, after seeing Matthew lying unconscious in the road, she

drove off and did not return.

Matthew's mother, Joanna Kenwright, said she could not

believe the woman's actions.

She said: “You would just never do it. Whatever had

happened, you would just not leave a child lying in the

road.”

Matthew, a pupil at Chellaston School, was taken to

Derbyshire Royal Infirmary after the incident at 3.45pm on

Tuesday.

He suffered concussion and cuts and bruises to his face,

shin and shoulder and was kept in hospital overnight.

His new bike, which was given to him last Sunday as a late

birthday present and cost £180, is now too badly damaged to be

used.

Joanna, 31, who runs a plumbing and heating firm, said: “She

hit him flat on. People there told me she got out of the car,

saw him unconscious and bleeding on the street and just drove

off.

“He's really upset because he only got his bike last Sunday.

I took it back to the shop but they said it was beyond

repair.

“I would like to meet this woman. I am angry and upset about

it.”

Matthew's grandmother, Pamela Kenwright, said: “I cannot

believe that anybody could leave a child unconscious in the

road.

“She did not even find out if he was alive or dead.”

Derbyshire police are keen to hear from anyone with

information about the incident or the identity of the owner of

the car, which had been seen driving around in the area that

day.

Inspector Ruth Harper said: “The car was damaged, which

means someone might know something about it.

“If drivers are involved in a collision, we would ask them

to wait at the scene until police arrive.

“Fortunately, these kind of hit- and-run incidents are

rare.”

The car was a gunmetal grey Volkswagen Polo with blacked-out

windows. The driver was a white woman with ginger hair.

Anyone with information is asked to call Derbyshire police

on 0845 123 3333 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555

111.

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