'Run over and left half dead. How would you feel?'

A woman who was "left half dead" in a road following a hit-and-run crash has said her life will "never be the same again".

Danielle Foster, 42, spent a month in hospital and said her family life had been upended after being hit by a speeding driver.

She suffered multiple, life-changing injuries when she was struck by an Audi A3 travelling at more than 45mph (72km/h) as she crossed Princes Avenue, Hull, in the early hours of 31 July 2022.

Ms Foster is supporting a Humberside Police campaign to tackle recklessness, distraction and poor decision-making behind the wheel. The force said 32 people had lost their lives on the roads in the past 12 months.

"Think about your own family. If it happened to them, if they were run over and left half dead on the road, how would you feel?" Ms Foster asked.

During her recovery, she was unable to do simple tasks, including brushing her hair or going to the toilet, and her mother had to spoon-feed her "like a baby", said said.

Luke Gough, 36, of Marfleet Lane, Hull, was jailed for five-and-a-half years at Hull Crown Court in January after admitting causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

Ms Foster said: "To the kid that did it to me, you've wasted your life and ruined your life."

Alex Ramsden, a 30-year-old teacher from Grimsby, died after he was hit by a car on the A1136 Great Coates Road on Saturday 3 February 2024.

The driver had drunk eight pints and a shot before getting behind the wheel.

Mr Ramsden's father, Paul, said police officers arrived at the home he shares with his wife Elaine.

"I opened the door and the policeman asked me my name and are you Alexander's father?

"Nothing will ever prepare you.

"I just stood there looking at him. That was when my world collapsed.

"I cut his cord when he was born and put his ashes in the ground when he died. That's the reality of drink driving."

Thomas Michael Sanigar, 39, of Tiverton Street, Cleethorpes, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving. In December last year, he was sentenced at Grimsby Crown Court to nine years and nine months in prison.

Natasha Woroch died in July 2023. She was a passenger in a car being driven by her boyfriend, 25-year-old Connor Malpass, who crashed at Belton, North Lincolnshire, after drinking and taking nitrous oxide.

Her mother Rachel Jarvis said: "It was the worst day of our lives, and it has just changed us forever.

"You can't stop thinking about it every second of the day yet you're still supposed to try and live a normal life."

Malpass, of Rectory Gardens, Wheatley, Doncaster, was jailed for more than 10 years at Grimsby Crown Court after admitting causing the death of Miss Woroch and causing serious injury to two other passengers.

Of drivers who recklessly endanger others, Ms Jarvis said: "If they could live one day in our shoes, they would not do it. They'd think twice."

The Humberside Police campaign warns motorists that "it takes one second to take a life, one second to ruin your own, one second to lose your job, one second to leave a family grieving forever".

Insp John Rickells said: "Every fatal collision we attend is a tragedy that didn't need to happen.

"Behind every incident is a person, whether that be someone's parent, partner, child, sibling or best friend.

"In almost every case, it could have been prevented."