Man 'fuming' after OAP in Jaguar 'smashes into his £16,000 BMW' at notorious Northampton roundabout

A 37-year-old man from Northampton is ‘fuming’ after a pensioner allegedly smashed into his £16,000 car on a busy road in Northampton and fled the scene.

Nick O’Hara, from Bugbrooke, says his blue 2016 BMW Three Series estate was hit by an elderly man in a red Jaguar on the Danes Camp Valley Way Roundabout on August 8 at around 3pm.

The father-of-two, whose partner was driving at the time, says the perpetrator jumped a red light and then t-boned his vehicle, then proceeded to drive off at speed with a broken bumper.

Nick said: "My 14-year-old boy and my two-year-old girl was in the car seat in the back, which took the impact.

"My partner drove after him to try and flag him down but he said no and shook his head and said he’s not pulling over. His whole car bumper was scraping along the floor down the road.”

Nick says his family are in relatively good health but the damage to his car is around £7,500 and was ‘nearly a write-off’.

The incident has since been reported to the police by Nick, but three weeks on and he feels officers have not done enough to track the pensioner down.

He said: “I’m fuming. I pay my insurance. I’ve done everything legal and it feels like I’m the criminal to the police because I’m chasing to get it sorted. They’re not doing anything for me.

"I’ve got a car sitting in the garage waiting for repairs. It was nearly a write-off.

"Because we’ve not got a claim against anyone as of yet, they’re trying to get me to fix my car on my own insurance. I’m not doing that, it wasn’t my fault. Why should I have to pay out or something I never done? It was a hit and run and nothing’s being done about it. Why aren’t they chasing him?”

Nick says he is hoping an appeal in the Chronicle & Echo may help track down the perpetrator.

A Northants Police spokeswoman said: “This collision happened at about 3.15pm on August 8 and involved a blue BMW and a red Jaguar.

“Following the incident, the red Jaguar left the scene without passing on their details to the BMW driver and we have commenced an investigation to identify and speak to them.

“Anyone with information or anyone who witnessed the collision is asked to call Northamptonshire Police on 101 quoting incident number 23000495923.”