The father of a schoolgirl who needed metal pins in her ankle after being hit by a car is appealing for the driver - who stopped briefly - to come forward.

Dean White, 42, from Stoneleigh, contacted this newspaper after his 12-year-old daughter underwent a one-and-a-half operation on Saturday at St Helier Hospital to help fix her broken ankle.

The injury was the result of the Blenheim High School student being hit by a "middle-aged woman in a silver car" as the girl was walking to Ewell West station, at 3.25pm, along Longmead Road on Monday, February 9.

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The schoolgirl, a keen dancer, was walking along the road, towards the roundabout at the junction with Chessington Road, in a group of 12 girls when the accident happened.

Mr White said that because a man, who appeared to be drunk, was walking towards the group, they decided to cross over to the other side of the road.

His daughter was the first of the group to cross and was hit by the car, which had turned left onto Longmead Road.

Mr White said: "The lady driver pulled up and got out and asked her ‘are you ok’ and my daughter said ‘yes, I’m fine’.

"My daughter’s petrified of anything. She will say that to disperse anyone.

"And the driver just got in the car and left.

"My daughter walked about 100 yards before she couldn’t walk anymore."

The girls with Mr White’s daughter called him and he swiftly took her to Epsom Hospital, where they were told she had not broken her injured ankle.

But by Friday, it had deteriorated and the girl was told she would need surgery.

Still in hospital on morphine this morning, Mr White said the pins in his daughter’s ankle will be taken out in two weeks and she will then be in a plaster for another six weeks.

"When she found out about the operation, she just went into a meltdown," Mr White added.

"She said ‘I don’t care if I don’t dance anymore, I don’t want the operation'.

"We did call the police, they came round and said they didn’t think we’d catch the driver. That’s all we have heard. They haven’t chased up anything.

"The girls there were saying the woman was driving fast. This may not be the first time."

Anyone with information should contact Hardeep Matharu by calling 020 8722 6346 or by emailing hmatharu@london.newsquest.co.uk.