A chef says he was 'left for dead' after he was hit by a taxi on the way home from a works night out in Chorlton on Christmas Day.
Darren Gill had been out to the pub with a few colleagues on Christmas Eve last year, and claims on his walk home in the early hours, a black car hit them and knocked the pair unconscious.
However instead of stopping at the scene and calling the police, he says the driver sped off.
The tragic incident left him in a 'critical condition' needing urgent hospital treatment, with him suffering a bleed to the brain, multiple skull fractures and requiring a titanium bolt through his leg.
He has still not recovered from the ordeal, which he says also broke his leg in eight different places and left him with severe memory loss.
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Speaking to the M.E.N , 37-year-old Darren said: "Me and my colleagues had decided to go for a few drinks and a game of pool at the Spread Eagle pub after a long day.
"We had a few pints in there and stayed until quite late.
"As the pub closed, we started walking home and got to where the Royal Oak pub is. It is not far, only a couple of minutes down the road.
"When we got there, my friend suggested it would be a good place to cross the road.
"I remember taking my first step into the road, just seeing lights and hearing shouting, and the next thing I know, I am waking up in hospital.
"We did have a few drinks, but the driver should still have stopped at the scene to help.
"I was just left for dead. He just drove off and didn't stop. I completely blacked out."
Darren said that he worries this could happen again to another person or even a child at the usually busy junction with Wilbraham Road.
He spent all of Christmas day in a hospital bed instead of with his family - and remained there for three weeks as doctors operated on his injuries.
He is still struggling to walk and has difficulty remembering things.
He added: "I am desperate for anyone who may have any information or who may have seen this to come forward and help with the police investigation.
"I spent weeks in hospital and needed two surgeries on my leg and a scaffold around my leg too. I have a titanium rod in my lower leg and ankle.
"I have not been right since. I suffered a severe head injury and still get awful headaches and memory loss from it."
Darren's work colleague had discharged himself from the ambulance at the scene.
Greater Manchester Police are still investigating the incident and that no arrests have yet been made.
A spokesperson for the force said: "We were called at 12.35am on Saturday 25 December to a report of a fail-to-stop collision involving a taxi and two pedestrians outside a pub on Barlow Moor Road, Manchester.
"A man was taken to hospital with serious injuries and a second man discharged himself from the ambulance treating him at the scene.
"No arrests have been made and anyone with information should contact us online or via 101 quoting incident 107 of 25/12/2021.
"Details can be passed anonymously to the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111."
