This is the moment a pedestrian was launched into the air before being knocked to the ground by a car ascending the pavement.
Mridhul Kombara, 35, was hit by a white Ford Fiesta when the car unexpectedly swerved onto the pavement but dodged the full force of the impact after attempting to jump out of the way.
Footage shows Mridhul, wearing a brown jacket and jeans strolling along the path before the out-of-control car crashes into him and a lamp post, severely damaging its bonnet in the process.
He was rushed to University Hospital Coventry where he was found to have a fracture on his left ankle and injuries in his hips, legs and shoulder, the Sun reported.
The father-of-one, who works in IT, said he had been left ‘traumatised’ by the freak incident, which happened while he was walking to a restaurant to meet friends.
He said: ‘Someone was looking out for me that day, it’s a miracle I wasn’t more hurt.’
Mridhul initially thought the car was pulling up to park at the side of the road before he realised its speed wasn’t decreasing and was then tossed up by the bonnet of the car.
The unidentified driver of the vehicle is seen getting out and fleeing the scene without saying sorry to the victim.
Mridhul was luckily helped by passers-by and the manager of a local supermarket who came to his aid and called an ambulance.
But rather than remaining in the UK, Mridhul travelled to Kerala, India to have his injuries treated to ‘avoid NHS wait times’.
Mridhul said he wanted to know the identity of the reckless driver, adding that he would like ‘closure’ on the issue.
‘It was really painful, but I feel lucky to be alive’, he added.
Coventry Police said no arrests had been made in connection with the incident, but that it was continuing enquiries to identify and track down the driver.
The vehicle was most likely not his, and the driver was most likely uninsured. He fled the scene and he’s probably an illegal, both in terms of residency status and also as a driver. The least he could have done is check the injured man. I hope that the police hunt him down, but they probably won’t bother that much.
Apparently, the man who got injured by the car. His wife took to the comments section and said:
“Hi,
The victim in this video is my husband. He was taken to UHCW A&E by the paramedics. However, he was let go because they couldn’t find anything seriously wrong with him. We waited for a week for him to get better. Unfortunately, he got worse and was in so much pain. That’s when we decided to go back to India where we have family and a better support system there.
At the time, it was the best decision for us as a family. We are very grateful to the paramedics, the doctors and nurses at the UHCW Coventry. They were wonderful. That said, we are taxpaying, hard-working immigrants in this country. We respect this country and live by its rules. No matter the colour of our skin, leaving a human to die on the road is truly disturbing to me!! I am so grateful my daughter was not accompanying him when the incident happened. I feel lucky to had gotten him alive”.
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