Watch the moment a driver RUNS from the scene of crash after hitting little boy with BMW

An 18-year-old driver has been jailed after crashing his newly purchased BMW into a bus stop in Lawrence Weston, critically injuring a four-year-old boy and his stepmother.

James Doherty lost control of his BMW at around 1:50pm on Sunday, November 17, in the Long Cross area, having purchased the vehicle that same day.

After the collision, video footage showed Doherty fleeing the scene on foot. He later handed himself in at Patchway Police Station.

Senior Collision Investigator David Paniccia-Brown said: "James Doherty caused horrendous injuries to a young boy and a woman, and then showed no regard for their welfare by fleeing."

The boy's mother told the court her son's "innocence and boundless joy was stolen from him" on the day of the accident.

Doherty was sentenced to two years and two months in a young offenders institute and banned from driving for four years and one month.

Investigator Paniccia-Brown thanked the public who helped free the young boy by overturning the vehicle, praising their "kindness and selflessness" during the crisis.

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