POLICE are hunting the driver of a car who was involved in a hit and run crash with a horse and rider in Droitwich on Sunday afternoon.
The incident happened at 4.20pm as 20-year-old Stacey Johnson was riding her horse Roo along Broadheath Close.
The silver estate car crashed into the pair, sending Stacey to the ground and badly damaging her back.
Stacey was taken to the Worcestershire Royal Hospital after sustaining serious back injuries.
Initially it was feared Stacey’s back was broken or fractured but tests carried out on Monday showed that was not the case.
Stacey said in a Facebook post she ‘burst into tears’ of relief when she was given the results.
Stacey and her friends have used social media to make details of the incident as public as possible in order to help the police trace the hit and run driver.
After the incident on Sunday, Stacey wrote: “Tonight is something I never ever want to re-live.
“Tonight I was hacking on Roo as usual and a car decided to come flying around a corner and taking us out completely, driving off and leaving us injured on the side of the road.
“Luckily we are both okay, just battered and bruised, but the outcome could have been different.”
Laura Stickley, who is a holistic equine massage practitioner, is due to see Stacey’s horse Roo tomorrow (Saturday)
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She told the Standard she would use emotional and physical techniques to help the horse get over the trauma of the incident.
“She needs time to allow the bruises to settle before I carry out treatment.”
She added Roo was at the stable yard being seen by a vet.
A West Mercia Police spokesperson said officers were trying to track down the driver following their failure to stop after the crash.
He urged anyone with any information or any witnesses to call 101 quoting incident 177S of 18 July.
