Car drags teenager along road
Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.A MOTHER appealed for help yesterday to catch a driver who left her son seriously injured following a road-rage incident at Farnborough, Hampshire. Russell Ashwood, 18, was dragged for hundreds of yards by a Ford Fiesta and thrown against another vehicle. Yesterday he was poorly but stable in hospital with multiple fractures to his pelvis and internal injuries. His mother Susan, 44, urged anyone who could help to contact police.
Police said the incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon when the teenager was being driven by his 47-year-old father, Vivian. When they turned left into Sand Hill, a silver Ford Fiesta XR2 stopped in front of them. Police said the teenager got out of his car and approached the passenger side of the Fiesta and, after an "exchange of words" through the window, the Fiesta drove off with him clinging to the side. Meanwhile, police are hunting a man who tried to strangle a young mother in a road-rage attack only yards from the spot where Stephen Cameron was stabbed to death just off the M25 near Swanley in Kent, in one of the first road- rage attacks, two years ago.
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments