GAZETTE & HERALD: POLICE are trying to trace a car involved in an accident, which left 13-year-old schoolboy Danny Stiles with serious internal injuries.

Danny, a pupil at The Corsham School, is in a stable condition at Bath's Royal United Hospital following the accident in Priory Street, Corsham, on Sunday afternoon.

Police believe he had been turning left into Charles Street at around 1pm, when he was knocked from his bicycle by a car.

The collision sent the boy over his handlebars and onto the path, but the driver of the car failed to stop.

The driver of a dark blue Volkswagen Golf stopped and helped Danny, who appeared to be uninjured and went straight home.

But later in the day he complained of feeling ill and his parents rushed him to Chippenham Hospital, where doctors sent him to Bath Royal United Hospital in an ambulance.

Danny was found to have sustained injuries to his liver.

Danny's mother, Angela Dangerfield, is staying with her son at the hospital and is said to be devastated by what has happened to him.

His step-father, car valeter, Jeffrey Richardson, said: "He came home on Sunday and flung his bike down and said he had been hit.

"He had pains in his ribs and at first we put that down to bruising, but then he started to be sick and we rushed him to Chippenham Hospital.

"It is lucky we got him to the hospital in time. He will be in hospital for at least two weeks.

"I would like the person who picked him up to come forward. They might be able to give a better description of the car in front."

Sgt Chris Moore from Corsham Police said: "We would like to trace the driver of an old style Vauxhall Cavalier hatchback which failed to stop after the accident. The driver would have known he had been in a collision.

"The car was either red or blue and has a noisy exhaust, alloy wheels and blue LED lights attached to its windscreen washer jets.

"We would also like to speak to the male driver of the Volkswagen who kindly stopped and assisted the boy. He may be critical to the investigation and we don't believe he was part of the accident.

"There may have been other people in the area at that time who saw the boy cycling, or the Vauxhall Cavalier and we would also be very interested in speaking to them.