POLICE are continuing to hunt a motorist and passenger who left a 62-year-old Stourbridge man for dead and his vintage car written off in a horror crash that shattered the Bank Holiday Monday serenity.

Father-of-two Andy Holdaway was left with serious injuries to his head, legs and chest after the collision on Norton Road, Stourbridge, at the junction of Harringay Drive, at around 4.20pm on Monday (May 7).

Both Mr Holdaway’s family, via Facebook, and West Midlands Police have put out appeals to trace the occupants of the other vehicle after an incident that is being classed as a ‘hit-and-run’ by officers.

Police want to speak to the occupants of a blue Ford Mondeo Estate that was recovered from the scene after Mr Holdaway’s vintage car, a Dellow Mk1, was left destroyed by the collision.

Detective Sergeant Paul Hughes, from the Serious Collision Investigative Unit, said the force had ‘a number of active lines of enquiry’.

He added: “We would urge the occupants of the blue Ford Mondeo Estate to do the right thing and come forward to explain their side of the story.

“After the collision, we believe the occupants headed in the direction of the Old White Horse pub. I would urge anyone with information to get in touch.”

One of Mr Holdaway’s sons, Ben, put out a Facebook appeal asking witnesses to come forward – and his plea has been shared almost 2,000 times across the social media site.

He also hailed his father’s bravery for freeing himself from the mangled vehicle, said to be Mr Holdaway’s ‘pride and joy’, before emergency services arrived to transport him to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.

Ben’s Facebook post said: “If you know my dad, you know he’s a strong guy, full of life and charisma.

“I have no doubt he is going to make it through this but there was no need for him to ever be put in this position in the first place.

“If anyone hears some guys talking about the fact they were the two people in the (other) car, do the right thing and turn them in.”

Ben’s brother Tom wanted to thank the people who tended to his father, who lives in nearby Love Lane, straight after the collision.

He said: “We would like to thank the passers-by, first on the scene being a doctor who was out for a jog, for giving him such amazing care.

“People were cleaning up the fuel spill while others were keeping dad calm until the medics arrived.”

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A West Midlands Ambulance Services spokesperson confirmed: “One ambulance attended with a paramedic officer, along with a Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford, with a trauma doctor on board.

“We treated a man in his 60s, who had suffered serious injuries in the collision. He was given advanced trauma care at the scene before being taken by land ambulance to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.”

Anyone with information about the collision can call 101, quoting incident number 1749 of 7/5/18.