Chef 'left for dead' after being mowed down in hit-and-run by taxi on Christmas Day

A chef says he was 'left for dead' after he was hit by a taxi on the way home from a works night out in Chorlton on Christmas Day.

Darren Gill had been out to the pub with a few colleagues on Christmas Eve last year, and claims on his walk home in the early hours, a black car hit them and knocked the pair unconscious.

However instead of stopping at the scene and calling the police, he says the driver sped off.

The tragic incident left him in a 'critical condition' needing urgent hospital treatment, with him suffering a bleed to the brain, multiple skull fractures and requiring a titanium bolt through his leg.

He has still not recovered from the ordeal, which he says also broke his leg in eight different places and left him with severe memory loss.

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Speaking to the M.E.N , 37-year-old Darren said: "Me and my colleagues had decided to go for a few drinks and a game of pool at the Spread Eagle pub after a long day.

"We had a few pints in there and stayed until quite late.

"As the pub closed, we started walking home and got to where the Royal Oak pub is. It is not far, only a couple of minutes down the road.

"When we got there, my friend suggested it would be a good place to cross the road.

"I remember taking my first step into the road, just seeing lights and hearing shouting, and the next thing I know, I am waking up in hospital.

"We did have a few drinks, but the driver should still have stopped at the scene to help.

"I was just left for dead. He just drove off and didn't stop. I completely blacked out."

Darren said that he worries this could happen again to another person or even a child at the usually busy junction with Wilbraham Road.

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