Plea to hit and run driver who left 63-year-old in coma to come forward

Robert Higgins, 63, has been in an induced coma since Tuesday Credit: BPM Media

Robert Higgins, 63, has been critically injured in a hit-and-run. His relatives are pleading for the driver to ‘do the right thing and come forward’.

Mr Higgins has been in an induced coma ever since he was struck by a vehicle on Genners Lane in Northfield, Birmingham, at around 11.30pm on Tuesday October 2.

No-one has been arrested and Mr Higgins' niece, Joanne Piotrowski, is appealing to the driver to contact the police as his family keep a bedside vigil.

Credit: BPM Media
Credit: BPM Media

Mr Higgins has a bleed on the brain, a fractured skull, six broken ribs on his right hand side, a broken pelvis and a broken nose.

His niece decided to publish a picture of his injuries to urge anyone with information to come forward.

Detective Sergeant Paul Hughes, from West Midlands Police's Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: