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Police release image after hit-run in West Melbourne left pedestrian with two broken legs
Police are appealing for assistance after a Chinese national on holiday in Melbourne was struck in an alleged hit-run and left with two broken legs.
Emergency services responded to reports of a blue Subaru Liberty hitting a male pedestrian near the intersection of King and Batman streets in West Melbourne about 10pm on Wednesday, May 28.
Melbourne Highway Patrol Senior Constable Mitchell McWilliam said the vehicle had been travelling north along King Street, when it hit a man who had been crossing the road from a median strip.
He said CCTV footage showed the driver of the Subaru briefly applied the brakes, before taking off.
"The driver has not stopped at all, not provided any assistance and continued north on King Street out of the city, leaving the scene of the accident and leaving that person on the side of the road," Senior Constable McWilliam said.
He said the 30-year-old man had sustained two broken legs, and remains in hospital after undergoing surgery.
"[The pedestrian] is over from China, visiting some family he's got living here," he said.
"He was planning on spending a couple of weeks in Australia and visiting family and having a good time, and as a result of this now he's stuck in hospital with some pretty life-changing injuries."
Police have released CCTV footage and an image of the car believed to be involved, in the hope of tracking down the driver to get their version of events.
"The person that's done this knows that they've done this and I'd like to have them have a really hard think about what type of person that makes them to leave someone for dead in the gutter — it's pretty low," Senior Constable McWilliam said.
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