Mother of hit and run victim says she is ‘lucky to be alive’

● Teenager may have permanent nerve damage to her right arm

The mother of a teenager left seriously injured after being struck twice by a car in a hitand-run incident has said she may have suffered permanent nerve damage.

Roisin Walker was one of five children hit by the driver of a Vauxhall Astra last Saturday in Glasgow, leaving her with a broken neck.

The 14-year-old’s mother, Trisha Mcgonigal, said she also sustained nerve damage to her right arm following the incident, which police are treating as attempted murder.

Ms Mcgonigal said her daughter would be wearing a neck brace for the next two months as part of the “slow process” of recovery, but added: “The nerves to her right arm have been damaged, making that really weak, and we are not sure if that will get better.”

She added: “But if that’s all she comes out the other side with, then I’m happy with that. We are so lucky she’s still alive at all – the break in her neck was pushing on her spinal cord so it could have been so much worse.”

Roisin remains in a stable condition in Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, and her mother expressed pride in how she had come to terms with her injuries.

She again called on the

0 Roisin Walker suffered a broken neck in the hit and run Astra’s driver, as well as an unidentified passenger, to make themselves known to police, urging them to “find a bit of decency”.

Two girls aged 12 and 14 and two boys aged 12 and 13 were treated for minor injuries following the hit and run, along with a 21-year-old man, who police believe was the intended target of the driver. The man was crossing Stravanan Road in Castlemilk at 3:30pm on Saturday when the car ploughed into the group. Police believe it struck Roisin twice – first as it was moving forward, then again as it reversed after crashing into a parked car. The driver later fled the scene. Around an hour later, the silver Astra was found burnt out about a mile away in Carmunnock.

Police Scotland continues to review CCTV footage and officers are carrying out door-to-door inquiries.