THE ELDERLY victim of a 'hit and run' incident has expressed disbelief that the vehicle's driver has not come forward, after realising they had hit him.

Desmond Cameron, 83, was leaving Sainsbury's Local in Park Crescent, Barry when a vehicle reversed into him as he headed back towards his parked car.

Having knocked Mr Cameron to the floor however, the vehicle continued to reverse until he shouted to the driver to stop, at which point the vehicle sped away from the scene.

Fortunately, Mr Cameron did not suffer any severe injuries as a result of the accident, but still had to attend the Heath Hospital in Cardiff that night where he received six stitches to a wound in his upper arm and was told he had received long-term soft tissue damage.

South Wales Police are currently investigating the matter, however due to a lack of CCTV evidence, there have been no significant leads thus far.

And now a fortnight on from the original incident, both Mr Cameron and his daughter, Helen Williams, believe there is no doubt that the person responsible realised what they had done, and cannot believe they have not owned up to the crime.

"This car came back and first of all I thought it was gonna run over me, because it was still reversing, so I shouted and it stopped," said Mr Cameron, of White Farm, Barry.

"As a car driver, there’s no way you can hit something and not know. My contention is whoever was in the car knew they’d hit me.

"I’m 5ft 6", I was wearing beige trousers and a red shirt, and it was daylight. Whoever was driving the car left the scene of an accident."

Mrs Williams, 56, added that the driver must have realised they had hit her father, as they only stopped reversing after he shouted out.

"What if it had been a child?" she asked.

"That shop is jam-packed between three and five o’clock with children. It’s opposite the school. Just because it was nine o'clock at night doesn't mean that it couldn’t have been a child."

A spokesman for South Wales Police said: "Police in Barry are investigating an incident which occurred in the Sainsbury’s car park on Park Crescent at approximately 9pm, on Sunday, August 27, 2017.

"An elderly man was in collision with a dark vehicle which did not stop following the incident. The man was not seriously injured however did suffer grazing and bruising.

"Officers have visited the premises but CCTV at the location did not capture the incident.

Officers are now appealing for anybody who may have witnessed what happened to make contact by calling 101 and quoting reference *335707.

"Any motorist who makes off from the scene of a collision resulting in injury with a pedestrian, wherever that incident occurs, is committing an offence which will be investigated."