Canterbury Mornings

A witness to a hit-and-run in Christchurch says the driver yelled at the victim before driving away. Trina Watkin, who worked with the victim, told Chris Lynch the man was hit so hard he flew over the car's bonnet."One of our barbers was walking across Clarence Street and a car sped up onto the median strip...and he was hit with such force he went over the bonnet and flipped in the air.""The lady, who was trying to catch the green light and ended up running a red one, she yelled at him after she hit him and then drove away.""It wasn't a slow accident. She drove onto the median strip to fly down and get into the turning lane," she said."She was driving really quite fast when she hit him and for him to go over the bonnet and flip in the air, like all the witnesses described, she had to be going pretty fast."Watkin said she took her co-worker straight to the hospital, where he was treated for his injuries."He came into the shop with one of the tradies who was working on the site next to the barbershop. He [the t