A11 crash survivor, 80, appeals to find Good Samaritan

Clive King was fixing a puncture on the side of the A11 when he was hit by a driver who later admitted to police he may not have been looking at the road. The incident left Mr King with 13 broken ribs and multiple skull and spinal injuries. Now, one year on from the collision, Mr King and his wife Pam are trying to find the owner of a black John Rocha overcoat they believe was used to keep him warm before emergency services arrived.

The crash left Mr King with life changing injuries (Image: Pam King) "He was very badly injured", Mrs King said. "While he was lying on the road somebody shouted 'whose got something to cover him up to keep him warm'.

"He got a lot of care from the people around him while he was waiting for the ambulance because they thought he was dead because of the stillness." Mr King, then 79, and a friend had been driving back from a bowls match in East Harling on 14 August when they pulled over to tend to a puncture on his Citroen Saxo near The Stag roundabout on the A11. The collision occured near The Stag in Attleborough The collision occurred near The Stag in Attleborough (Image: Google Maps)

The pair pulled over at around 9.30pm, switched on the hazard lights, and the friend attempted to redirect traffic while Mr King began fixing the puncture. Moments later, he was struck by a VW Passat travelling 60mph. It was driven by Paul Power, 66, who pleaded guilty in July to causing serious injury through careless driving in July.[1]

Mr Power was sentenced to 200 hours unpaid work and was banned from driving for 12 months (Image: Newsquest) Norwich Crown Court heard Power told officers he had not seen the car because he was engaging cruise control as part of an "obsession" with his car's fuel consumption. A year on and Mr King can still only hear in one ear and continues to suffer mobility issues in his left arm.