Police issue CCTV in hunt for racist hit-and-run driver

Police issue CCTV in hunt for racist hit-and-run driver who left black NHS worker, 21, with a broken leg, nose and cheek in Bristol

  • Police released CCTV footage as part of a investigation into a racist hit and run 
  • The NHS worker had left his shift at hospital when he was hit by the vehicle
  • It left the 21-year-old with a broken leg, nose and cheekbone and facial scars 

Police have released CCTV footage as part of a investigation into a shocking hit and run which left an NHS worker in hospital.

Four men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after K – also known as K-Dogg – was badly injured while walking to a bus stop last month.

The musician had just finished his shift at Southmead Hospital, Bristol on July 22 when he was hit.

The collision left the victim, 21, with a broken leg, nose and cheekbone and facial scars which may remain for life.

The incident is being treated as racially-motivated due to the language used by the occupants of the car involved, police said.

Social affairs correspondent Fiona Lamdin used the offensive language when covering a collision between a Honda Accord and a 21-year-old man (pictured) in Bristol

Detectives have today issued CCTV footage of a vehicle pictured prior to the attack (circled in red)

Detectives have today issued CCTV footage of a vehicle pictured prior to the attack (circled in red)

Detectives have today issued CCTV footage of a vehicle pictured prior to the attack.

They want to speak anyone who recognises the car and how it is being driven in the lead up to the incident in the Horfield area of the city.

The four men who were arrested – aged 23, 22, 18 and 18 – remain under investigation, Avon and Somerset Constabulary said. 

The hit and run has since become the focal point of a race storm after a local BBC journalist used a slur in a report on the attack.

More than 18,000 people complained after Fiona Lamdin used the N-word – forcing the broadcaster to apologise. 

The man, who has been affected both mentally and physically by the assault, said he wanted people to 'be aware' of what had happened

The man, who has been affected both mentally and physically by the assault, said he wanted people to ‘be aware’ of what had happened

BBC director-general Tony Hall said in an email to staff that a “mistake” had been made and “distress” may have been caused by the decision to air the term.

The use of the derogatory language has made headlines worldwide and even prompted Radio 1Xtra DJ Sideman to quite the corporation.

Sideman, real name David Whitely, said in a statement that the “action and the defence of the action feels like a slap in the face of our community”.

The investigation into the attack in Bristol continues.