A GRANDMOTHER was left in "shock" after a car crashed into her vehicle, causing it to spin round and hit a lamppost.
A black Honda Jazz "shot out" and smashed into the car on Saturday afternoon, January 15, at around 2.20pm, at the junction of Cecil Street, with Herbert Street, in Sutton.
The woman, who asked not be named, had been to pick up her grandson, 25, who was a passenger, up from his workplace.
Despite them suffering from injuries including whiplash and headaches, she said the two of them had been "lucky" not to have been more seriously hurt.
The wreckage after the collision
"I had been to pick my grandson up from Warrington at his work as I normally do," said the victim, from Sutton.
"We turned into Cecil Street and as you turn there is a junction at the bottom of Herbert Street.
"We were coming along Cecil Street and suddenly a car shot out of Herbert Street and it hit my car, causing us to spin round into the other part of Herbert Street and hit the lamppost there."
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She added: "The car didn't stop. My grandson then ran into the road and said it was a blue Honda Jazz.
"His friend was coming up and he asked him to follow the car but he lost it on the way to Parr."
She added the incident has left her in "shock".
Damage caused by the smash
"I'm in tears all the time, I can't believe the mentality of anyone like that, they just drove off, they need to be found.
"The car is a write-off. We have been lucky really, somebody else might not be.
"It is unreal, I just keep reliving it. I am thankful to friends and family for helping us and everybody in the community that has helped us.
"I feel like I am still in shock."
The damage caused by the crash
A Merseyside Police spokeswoman said: "At around 2.30pm on Saturday, January 15, officers were called to a report of a collision involving a Honda Jazz and another vehicle on the junction of Herbert and Cecil Street in St Helens
"The driver of other vehicle drove away from the scene towards Parr."
- Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101, @MerPolCC on Twitter or Merseyside Police Contact Centre on Facebook, quoting log number 523 of January 15, 2022.
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