Horror CCTV shows man launched five metres into air in hit-and-run as cops launch hunt for driver

The graphic video captured the moment from three angles as a white Fiat 500 turned into the road at speed and collided with a 53-year-old victim.

He did a full flip over the car after being hit and was left motionless on the road in the Kemptown area of Brighton, East Sussex in the UK, as the callous driver sped off.

The man, from Hove, East Sussex, suffered a head injury but miraculously survived the incident, which took place at 3.40pm on January 14.

Incredibly, he was discharged from hospital and is now recovering well at home.
Police are appealing for any information from anyone who may have seen the incident or knows anything about the driver.

“We are very keen to trace the drivers of the taxi, the silver van, the dark Ford Focus and the black parked car,” Sergeant Dan Pitcher said.

“We think you could give us vital information we need to identify the driver. Were you the taxi driver and do you have a dash camera which may have captured the Fiat as it drove past?

“Were you in the silver van and did you notice who was driving as the Fiat approached the junction? The Ford turned before the Fiat and you may have seen something in your rear view mirror.”

He continued: “We believe the woman in the parked car was in it during the time of the collision, did you see what happened? We are keen to speak to anyone who saw what happened or can give us information which will help with our investigation?

“The Fiat drove off leaving the victim for dead and clearly they would have known they had hit someone. The pedestrian, a man from Hove, suffered serious head injuries and is thankfully making a recovery.”