CCTV: is this hit and run driver who could have killed my son?

Tom McConnell was walking home along Main Road, West Lulworth, in the early hours of Saturday when he was in a collision with a car.

CCTV from a resident’s house captured a vehicle driving down the road at 2.30am and less than five minutes later the 20-year-old is seen staggering along clutching his face.

The young roof thatcher was taken to hospital with serious injuries, which included a broken jaw, a deep gash to his face and severe bruising.

His mum Angela is begging the driver to come forward and said Tom was lucky to be alive.

She said: “He was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

“Tom was very lucky and I’m just glad he’s alive.

“I’m really hoping the CCTV will help track the driver down – someone managed to get the registration number down as well and all the information is with the police.

“The footage shows a car coming down the road and then you see Tom walking back holding his face.

“It’s the only car that goes down the road anywhere near the time of the collision.

“He could have been killed and I’m urging the driver or anyone who knows anything to come forward.”

Angela, who runs Amy Cottage Bed and Breakfast in West Lulworth with her partner Gary Sawtell, added: “He’d been having a drink with his mates but I don’t understand why the driver didn’t stop.

“It is so malicious but luckily we have found some CCTV footage which might help us track this driver down.”

Tom, who was released from hospital yesterday after undergoing surgery, said he did not remember the day of the accident. He said: “I can’t really remember any of it. I remember the car slowing down and getting up off the ground but I don’t remember getting hit.

“The surgeons have done a great job, they were fantastic and I want to thank them for what they’ve done for me.”

Anyone with information about the identity of the driver at the time of the incident should contact the Weymouth Traffic Department on 101, quoting incident number 321 of August 3.