Lying unconscious in the road as a Mercedes drives over him, this is the appalling , moment a driver ran over a pedestrian and drove off leaving him for dead.
The horrifying attack was filmed on a motorcyclist's GoPro camera and shows the black Mercedes reverse, and drive over the man just before 4.30pm on July 11.
The man is now fighting for his life in hospital and is believed to be severely brain damaged.
A 43-year-old man handed himself in around six hours later and has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder before being bailed. She said: 'It happened so quickly. The man was standing in the street and talking to a driver through the window of his car.
'The man in the Mercedes behind was impatient and started shouting. He reversed and drove over him.
'It was shocking. I couldn't believe it was happening. The car just drove off while the man lay in the street.'
In the footage, the victim can be seen crumpled underneath the wheels of the car as Zoe immediately reacts to the brutal attack.
She is heard screaming: 'Oh s***, what the f*** are you doing? Oh God. Somebody get the police. What the f***? Are you joking? Someone just f***ing run him over, the d*******.'
She climbs off her bike and runs to the man's aid as he lies motionless in the street and the motorist in the Mercedes drives away.
She screams after him: 'I've got you on f****** camera, you t***.'
Another woman is seen kneeling on the wet street checking the man's pulse as seven passersby cluster around him.
Zoe said: 'Luckily there was a nurse two cars behind who got him into the recovery position. We waited with him until the ambulance arrived.
'An ambulance and police came within five minutes and then an air ambulance arrived just minutes later.
'It airlifted him to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. I've heard that he's got no family.
'He was on life support for a couple of days. He's severely brain damaged and has broken legs and ribs. A spokesperson for West Midlands Police said that a 43-year-old man handed himself into Stechford police station at 10pm that night where he was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
He has been released on bail.
Constable Stephen Tomlinson from the Complex Crime Investigation Team at Stechford police station, said: 'This happened at a busy traffic junction approaching rush-hour; we know there were lots of potential witnesses nearby, both motorists and pedestrians, and we need them to get in touch.
'The man has undergone surgery in hospital for a very serious head injury; he is in a critical condition.
'Maybe people drove on not realising the extent of the man's injuries or assumed it was an accident and that the driver would have stopped at the scene.
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