A DAD whose son was badly injured in a hit-and-a-run crash claims he was 'targeted' by thieves trying to steal his £3,000 electric bike. Bernie Price, 42, feared 14-year-old Israel died in the September 12 collision in Sheffield after a Toyota Rav 4 thundered towards him and his friends. 4 Israel Price in hospital after hit-and-run crash Credit: SWNS:South West News Service 4 Israel is an amateur boxer among the top fighters for his age and weight in the country Credit: SWNS:South West News Service Israel, who had been on his Sur-Ron Light Bee X bike in the Holbrook Industrial Estate, suffered a dented skull, split chin, cuts across his body and a badly damaged right eye in the crash.
After the SUV first clipped one of the boys, it then "smashed" into Israel while he was sitting on top of a curb, looking at his phone, Bernie said. The lad was left unconscious for around six minutes - and needed to spend four days in hospital after being rushed for emergency treatment in an ambulance. Bernie, from Sheffield, now believes that his son was deliberately knocked to the ground by thieves attempting to take his bike.
Read more News BIKINI BUST-UP Channel 4 star battles to keep bikini sunroom at £4m home in neighbour row BOMB BLITZ Hezbollah walkie-talkies EXPLODE killing 3 as Israel declares 'new phase' of war The landlord said: "I know it wasn't an accident because my son was on the curb, looking at his phone, seeing what time it was. "So the guy that has done this has gone up on.