A man from Lye has appeared in court in connection with a hit-and run incident in Stourbridge last Thursday which let a 15 year-old girl fighting for her life.

24 year-old Adnan Ajram, from Careless Green, is charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving, failing to stop, and unfit to drive through drink or drugs.

Claudia Visser, was left with two broken legs and a fractured skull after being struck by a vehicle as she crossed Grange Lane in Pedmore.