A hit-and-run victim has appealed to the driver to hand themselves in to the police.

Sarah Bermingham, 28, from Sutton, and her friend Fiona Mateer were hit by a car and left for dead outside the Grand Union pub, in Wandsworth, shortly after midnight on Sunday, March 12.

They were thrown into the air by the force of the impact.

The Dublin-born gymnast fell in front of the car and was crushed under the front wheels, while Miss Mateer was thrown to the side of the road.

Police are still searching for the driver of the dark coloured car, who carried on along Wandsworth Plain.

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The former St Mary’s University student said: “This car came out of nowhere and I heard lots of people screaming. I don’t remember the actual impact, but it took me out and rolled over me.

“My first proper memory was me trying to down play what had happened. I was reaching out towards Fiona to see if she was OK and she was reaching out to me. I didn’t know how bad it was and I was telling people not to worry about me and that I was fine.”

Miss Bermingham had suffered a lacerated liver, collapsed lung, bruised ribs, two breaks to her spine and two head wounds.

Her family, who were in Spain on holiday, rushed to get the next flight to London in order to be by her side after her boyfriend Aaron Huiy told them about the accident.

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Sarah Bermingham before the accident

The hit-and-run victim said she cried the first time she looked at herself in the mirror following the accident, but said it was a ‘miracle’ she had not been paralysed or suffered any brain damage.

She said: “I got really upset when I saw myself. My head had swelled up five times its regular size and it got to the point where you couldn’t see my ears because the swelling was that bad.

“I did not think that it could be that bad without suffering some brain damage. It’s a miracle that I will make a recovery in time. If the injury to my spine had been a few centimetres up or down my spine I could have been paralysed.”

However, following the accident she has made good progress and doctors have told her that her fitness and health made a contribution to her recovery.

Doctors told the Dublin-born gymnast that her fitness and health had made a contribution to her recovery.

Miss Bermingham said: “It’s hard to know what my parents and boyfriend have had to go through and that the driver is still out there. They must have known what they did.

“I would want to know if I was their girlfriend or their daughter, would they not assume they would want answers. We want some closure.

“Maybe they are still freaking out, but they should hand themselves in.”

Anyone with information has been asked to contact the police on 020 8543 5157 or via @MetCC on Twitter.