Carter Wilcock was taken o Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
Jessica and Carter Wilcock
A mum feared the worst when she was called by her son’s school and told that he had been hit by a car.
Carter Wilcock, 13, fractured his right knee after being hit by a car in Liverpool. Jessica, the teen’s mum, said she ‘thought he was dead’ when she received the call.
She is now appealing for help in tracking the driver of the car, who initially stopped at the scene but then left.
The Echo reports that Carter was crossing Broad Green Road on his bike, near to the Rocket junction, when he was hit by a car on his way to school at around 8.30am on Tuesday, November 11.
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Jessica said that the driver, a woman, initially stopped at the scene to ask whether he was okay, but then drove off. Somehow, Carter managed to get to school despite the fact he had fractured his right knee.
After arriving at school, they rang his mum to tell him he had been hit by a car while making his way in.
She said: “It was on Tuesday morning when my son was on his way to school on his bike.
“A lady has come down Broadgreen Road and hit him with her car while he crossed the road before driving off.
“He somehow got to school and when they rang me to say he’d been hit by a car I just thought he was dead.”
Carter Wilcock in Alder Hey after being hit by a car on his way to school
Jessica, 35, arrived at the school before taking him to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital that morning where they told them Carter had suffered a fractured knee.
By 4pm they were on their way home, with the teen having his leg put in a splint while it heals.
But the mum-of-two is now appealing for anyone who was in the area to come forward with information as she said police had been unable to find the driver due to lack of CCTV footage in the area.
She said: “He was shaken up after it happened and can’t remember what the car or woman looks like.
“Police said the one camera that would have seen it was blocked by a tree so they can’t do anything.
“We need someone who was there or might have it on their dashcam to come forward.
“Police have said they can’t do anything without the CCTV because Carter can’t remember anything about the woman or the car that hit him.”
The family, who live in Stoneycroft, are now waiting to see if there is any long-term impact from the incident, with Carter due back at the hospital for further scans next week as they wait for the swelling around his knee to go down.