Boy, 15, loses leg in hit and run accident

A TEENAGE cyclist has had his leg amputated after being struck by a car in a hit-and-run crash.

- Hannah Van De Peer

Zach Michaels, 15, was riding home from his gran's house.

His mother Maria Michaels, 43, claimed the car was going at 70mph and said Zach was left in a "heap" on the ground.

He is now expected to spend a year recovering after suffering a fractured spine and a punctured lung and undergoing an above-the-knee amputation on his right leg.

Maria, a nurse from Liverpool, said: "Zach is an amazingly brave boy. It's going to be a really long time before he'll be discharged from hospital.

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