The family of a 47 year old woman who was dragged along a road on a suspected hit and run incident have described the driver as “selfish and cowardly”.
According to the BBC, Julie Bloodworth was pulled several hundred yards under a car from Brick Row to Parliament Street car park in Stroud on Saturday 13th February 2010.
She lost part of her skull in the incident, had several broken ribs and needed skin grafts, Gloucestershire Police said.
Her family has urged anyone who knows the missing driver to come forward.
In a statement, the family said “A week ago last Saturday our ‘fiery angel’ Julie was seriously injured just yards from her home by a coward and selfish driver who left her for dead.
“This past week has been horrific for all of us. Somebody somewhere knows what happened to her and we beg them to come forward.”
Inspector Paula Hannaford, from Gloucestershire Police, has appealed directly to the driver to come forward and stated: “This person needs to know that we do feel confident that it is only a matter of time before we find them.”
Where somebody suffers a horrific injury such as this and the driver of the offending vehicle flees the scene then it can seem like it will be impossible to make a claim for compensation, as the driver cannot be identified to make a claim for injury off his or her insurance.
Fortunately, the Motor Insurers Bureau exists to enable innocent injured parties to make a claim for compensation where the offending vehicle cannot be traced. It may be that following an investigation they are able to obtain the details of the offending driver’s insurer and a claim can be pursued through them, but if not then they will act as the insurer for the purposes of running your claim for compensation. This ensures that victims of negligent untraced motorists are adequately compensated for their injuries.
