Cyclist injured in hit and run appeals for information
Four weeks after his knees were shattered and back broken in a hit and run, an East Kilbride cyclist is appealing for help to trace the driver who injured him.
Four weeks after his knees were shattered and back broken in a hit and run, an East Kilbride cyclist is appealing for help to trace the driver who injured him.
Chris Stoddart was travelling to work on the Carmunnock Bypass near Castlemilk around 6.45am on November 30th when the Ford Transit hit him and failed to stop. This was Chris' regular route to work and he was wearing high visibility clothing with front and rear bike lights at the time of the incident.
Several other motorists witnessed the incident but no one caught the license plate number of the can responsible.
Dad-to-be missed baby scan due to injuries
Four weeks later the 33 year-old still has limited mobility and attempts by police to trace the driver have failed.
Chris says the incident has had a huge impact on him physically and mentally and has impacted his wider family.
His wife is due their first baby next year, and the dad-to-be was forced to miss his wife's first scan as he was still in hospital.
Chris was in hospital for two weeks before being allowed home, but still has limited mobility and has to use special aids to get him around the house and in and out of bed.
"A massive adjustment"
He told our chief reporter Natalie Goodwin: "After the surgery to repair my knee caps, I was wearing like braces, which meant that I couldn't bend my legs at all so I was effectively bed bound and that was for two weeks.
"I was up and I was using crutches but that took about a week before I was able to use crutches, required assistance getting into and out of bed, to go into the toilet, which is as a young man is quite embarrassing.
"When I was moved to I was moved from the Queen Elizabeth to Wishaw after a week, still required assistance getting into and out of bed at that point in time. Even since coming home, that's been a massive adjustment, the house isn't set up for someone who can't move their legs.
"After two weeks, I did get braces, which allows some range of motion, but it's only 30 degrees, which is not a lot so it's been quite restrictive so I'm having to use crutches.
"I'm having to lay on my back in bed because the chunky the braces are and wake in the middle of the night with back pain.
Police appeal for dashcam footage
"On top of all this, my wife is actually pregnant and we've only just hit the second trimester. But when the accident happened, she was still in the first trimester and because I was in the hospital, I actually wasn't able to attend our first scan, which was pretty devastating. We were both very upset about that.
"So the impact both physically and mentally has been pretty tough."
Sergeant Gary Mackie of East Kilbride Police Station said, “We are keen to speak to anyone who either witnessed the scene or may have dash cam footage whilst traveling at the material time.
"If you have any information you believe may assist officers, please contact Police via the 101 service and quote reference number 0379 of 30 November, 2022.”