LEFT FOR DEAD

Schoolboy, 11, suffers horror injuries after being cataplulted through the air when he was hit by stolen motorbike

Jake Jones was rushed to intensive care after being run down on the way home from school

Amanda Devlin

Published: 8:19, 13 Dec 2016
Updated: 0:08, 14 Dec 2016

A SCHOOLBOY was "left for dead" after being mowed down by a stolen motorbike in a horror hit and run.

Jake Jones, 11, suffered devastating injuries in the smash as he walked home from school in Birmingham last week.

Jake Jones suffered serious injuries when he was hit by a motorbike while walking home from school — Jake Jones suffered serious injuries when he was hit by a motorbike while walking home from schoolCredit: BPM Media

He was rushed to intensive care with a head injury after the smash — He was rushed to intensive care with a head injury after the smashCredit: BPM Media

David pictured with his son Jake as he lay in his hospital bed — David pictured with his son Jake as he lay in his hospital bedCredit: BPM Media

Today, his dad David described how his son was thrown up in the air during the impact - before being left at the roadside to die.

“He is my baby and they just left him for dead,” David told the .

“I have had nightmares about Jake being knocked over along there because it’s such a busy road.

“Witnesses said they saw Jake being thrown into the air."

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He added: “Horrific doesn’t come close to describing what it felt like. Jake could have died and they just left him at the roadside to die. What kind of people can do that to a young boy?"

The schoolboy was rushed to intensive care at Birmingham Children’s Hospital where he underwent a three-hour operation.

He suffered a nasty head injury, broken leg and arm, facial injuries, fractured ankle, bruised lungs and his spleen was torn in two.

Cops are now hunting the biker but David says the family feel "let down" by police, claiming they have been "left in the dark".

Jake is still being treated at Birmingham Children's Hospital after the horror hit and run — Jake is still being treated at Birmingham Children's Hospital after the horror hit and runCredit: BPM Media

Police say they are still hunting the biker - and have asked any witnesses to come forward — Police say they are still hunting the biker - and have asked any witnesses to come forwardCredit: BPM Media

Chief Inspector Kerry Blakeman, from West Midlands Police, said: “We continue to appeal for information following a hit and run in Castle Vale last Wednesday, December 7, where a young boy was seriously injured.

“The 11-year-old was taken to hospital where he remains in a stable condition.

“This was a shocking incident for the boy, his family and indeed our officers who were immediately dispatched to the scene and started the investigation to hunt for the motorcyclist who failed to stop."

Jake, pictured before the crash, was walking home from school when he was hit by the motorbike — Jake, pictured before the crash, was walking home from school when he was hit by the motorbikeCredit: BPM Media

She added: “I have personally spoken to the parents of the boy and assured them that we are doing everything we can to find the person responsible.

As a father I fully understand the family’s anguish and like them, we wish the lad a speedy recovery.

“The rider now needs to do the right thing and come forward.”

Anyone with information about the driver is urged to call 101 quoting log 1370 7/12.

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