Mum woken by son's cries as he told her 'I'm dying' after being hit by van

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Marc was left harmed along the edge of the street by the van driver who drove off
Rachel Wilson, 42, with her child Marc Steele, 23.

A mum awakened to the calls of her child after he was hit by a van en route to a companion's home.

The previous night Rachel Wilson, 42, from Knowsley, was awakened by a call from her child Marc as he lay out and about miles from their home. Marc, 23, had been strolling to a companion's home at around 5pm when a white Portage Travel van hit him from behind, tossing him out of sight before he arrived on the van's windscreen.

The van then hurried off, leaving behind a wingmirror Marc's falling body had severed. Rachel had hit the sack ahead of schedule because of agony connecting with ailments she experiences, however said she "tossed her boots on and ran out the house" to track down her child.

She told the Reverberation: "I got awakened by the telephone, with my child crying and it was passing on to think he. He was like 'I'm passing on, a van's hit me.'
"I was still drowsy and I just tossed my boots on and ran out the house. I didn't have any idea what I had on my feet I recently tossed something on and ran out.

"He had heard the van coming up and he made a point to have his telephone light on. He clearly didn't anticipate that it should hit him when he's noticeable, entirely apparent.

"He's a bean pole, there's nothing to him. If he somehow managed to bounce onto my breeze reflect now it wouldn't actually move he's just light. He's tall, yet he's simply quite emaciated.

"So it's hit him on the traveler side and it's hurled him in the air."

Marc then, at that point, arrived on the van's windscreen, and afterward fell onto some side of the road shrubberies. As he did as such, the white van ran away from the area.
Marc was left in anguish subsequent to being tossed up high

She said Marc needed to distressingly drag himself off the "thorny" hedges and back across the street to arrive at a mark of security. She said he was left in "distress" from his wounds and "drenched directly through" as it had been pouring down with downpour.

She added: "Any one coming one way or the other wouldve seen him, he had his telephone light on and he was outside a house that was totally illuminated.
"The way that 20-odd vehicles then, at that point, moved past him while he lay out and about shows you could see him. He was in the street and no less than 20 vehicles have cruised all over him.

"What's going on with people?I truly don't get it, that is what so pernicious.

"They were likely moms and fathers getting back home from work. I'm simply so harmed and furious that they just left him lying there in the street and drove past him."

Marc is presently at home recuperating subsequent to being saved by Rachel, who said her child lacked the ability to escape the vehicle whenever they'd got back. He was conveyed into the home with the assistance of a quick reaction paramedic, who had worries for Marc's spine and neck.

Merseyside police have now opened an into the occurrence

A representative for Merseyside Police said:
Neglect to stop [after a] street car accident Foxes Bank Path close to Prescot Street in Cronton.

"At around 5pm on Monday, November 21, we got a report that a man in his 20s had supported wounds in the wake of being hit by a van as he was strolling along the street.

"It was accounted for that a white Portage Travel has hit him from behind and in this manner neglected to stop after the impact. The nearside wingmirror from this van has fallen off in the impact and stayed at scene.

"Any individual who saw the occurrence or has dashcam film or CCTV is approached to contact Merseyside Police virtual entertainment work area through Twitter @MerPoICC or Facebook Merseyside Police CC citing reference 22000856784.""We are engaging for data following a

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