(MENAFN- Gulf Times) A motorcyclist is trying to find a Good Samaritan who came to his aid after he crashed with a car and was left suffering with life-changing injuries.
George Hutchings, 34, may never be able to walk again following the accident in Hanger Lane, Ealing, west London, on Monday afternoon.
The medical engineer was making his way home to Brent Cross when he collided with the car and smashed his leg at around 4.30pm.
Two other motorcyclists rushed to help him, as well as a girl who he thinks may have been driving in the car behind him.
Hutchings said the girl held his hand and sat with him throughout the pain until an ambulance arrived to take him to St Mary's Hospital in Paddington.
He is currently recovering in the major trauma ward after suffering from a compound ankle fracture.
Hutchings is now attempting to trace the girl and thank her for the support, as he was in too much agony at the time to be able to.
He said: "She was with me the whole time up until they took me away.
"I want to say thank you really, some people would not have stopped at all they would have just drove off and said 'oh no that's terrible.'
"It has really put it in perspective. I am never going to be able to go on a motorbike again. That one accident and now I can't walk at all or put any pressure on it."
Hutchings said he is hoping to leave hospital next week and it is not guaranteed he will be able to walk again. He may need a skin graft and more surgery in the future.
He has posted on Internet site Reddit to try and find the woman but so far nobody has come forward.
Police are appealing for any witnesses who may have seen the collision to get in contact.
A spokesman for the Met said the driver of the other car involved stopped at the scene and was not arrested.
lDetectives investigating the death of a motorcyclist in Lewisham are hoping to trace three vehicle owners who may have witnessed the fatal crash.
Police probing the death of Conrad Oscar Lewis-Pratt in Loampit Vale yesterday released CCTV pictures of a dark blue Volkswagen Passat, a silver Toyota Prius and a moped that were at the scene of the accident.
Lewis-Pratt, 22, from Brockley, died from multiple injuries after veering off the road and hitting a lamppost close to Jerrard Street on September 12 last year.
His family were left "devastated" by his death, police said yesterday, as they re-issued an appeal for witnesses to speak to them
Detective sergeant Richard Budd, who is leading the investigation, said: "This was a tragic incident, where a young man has lost his life on the road and his family have been left devastated by it.
"Despite extensive enquiries, we still don't know how or why this happened, but we think that the drivers of the two cars and the moped rider may have seen something that could help us to piece together the events of that morning."
He added: "I must also stress that, at this stage, we are purely looking to speak to these drivers as potential witnesses, so I would urge anyone with information to contact us."
A motorcycle rider was thrown to his death after colliding with a Smart car yards from a busy railway station.
Witnesses said the biker, said to be in his 40s, was flung over the handlebars after the smash in Ferry Lane, near Tottenham Hale station at 7.45pm last night.
The wreckage of his silver moped, with a courier's parcel-box on the back, was strewn across the road which was closed to traffic for almost five hours.
The driver of the black Smart car is said to have rushed from his vehicle to
give the biker first aid in the road until paramedics arrived.
Anastazja Lukaz, 44, said: "The motorbike tried to accelerate in front of the car as they were turning into Ferry Lane. I heard a loud thud and then the car spun around twice and stopped.
"The driver got to the man in the road first and tried to save him."
Dylan Chiromerides, another eyewitness, said: "The scooter was in the middle of the street completely torn to shreds, there were pieces of it all around the area.
"A policeman said the driver had gone over the handlebars and died. It was a really horrible and upsetting sight.
"It is a busy road but because it was quite late at night there weren't so many cars."
The driver of the Smart car was taken to hospital to be treated for minor injuries and shock. He has not been arrested.
A Met spokesman said: "Police were called at around 7.45pm to reports of a collision between a car and a motorcycle on Ferry Lane near the junction with Mill Mead Road.
"Officers and LAS attended but the motorcyclist, thought to be a man in his 40's, was pronounced dead at the scene."
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