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Monday, July 28, 2008, 07:30
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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