I was mowed down by a hit-and-run driver who left me and my puppy for dead
A WOMAN is lucky to be alive after a horrific car smash with a callous hit-and-run driver.
Jasmine McPherson's Ford Fiesta rolled over four times, leaving her and her puppy, Heaven, trapped inside.
She said she was thrown across a verge of the A23 on the way to Brighton after the driver of a metallic blue vehicle pulled out less than a metre in front of her out of nowhere.
Salon owner Jasmine, 28, said she and her eight-month-old American Bully were then "left for dead" on the side of the road after the nightmare accident last week.
Jasmine, who miraculously escaped with a few cuts and bruises, told The Sun: "I was late shutting up the salon because it's Christmas.
"I called my mum and told her I'd be home in a minute - I look back and laugh now at how wrong I was."
Jasmine, from Crawley, explained how there were few drivers on the road, just her - travelling at 70 miles per hour - and around three other vehicles.
But then out of nowhere a blue car hurtled across the grass and chevrons into the outside lane, landing about a metre in front of her.
She said: "I just had no time to stop. All I remember is seeing his brake lights go on for a few seconds.
"I slammed my brakes on tried to swerve the car away from the other driver, but I lost control."I just lost control and the car was just spinning. I thought I was going to die."
Jasmine believes she briefly lost consciousness as her Ford Fiesta spun across the road.
She came to with her 35kg dog "absolutely petrified" after being thrown on top of Jasmine.
She said: "I was just screaming, my head was stuck out of the window. I had gone into a lamppost and just completely knocked it across the road."
Luckily a passer by pulled over and helped terrified Jasmine climb out of her smashed-up car.
The 28-year-old said the kind stranger, Jimmy, and his daughter had to pull the car back onto the road after it landed on its side.
Terrified Heaven was stuck inside the wreck, and had to be removed by firefighters - leaving the pup traumatised.
Incredibly, Jasmine and Heaven escaped with just cuts and bruises and returned home that night to Jasmine's worried mum, Sapphire, after being checked over in The Princess Royal's A and E.
But the driver who crashed into Jasmine and her dog is still on the run after heartlessly driving away from the wreck of her car - with the two still trapped inside at the time.
Jasmine said she thinks the driver saw the chaos and fled - fearing she was dead.
She said: "I just can't believe this has happened, I can't believe it's real.
"I was so shocked and I think I am still in shock."
She added: "I'm so thankful that it wasn't worse.
"I know I made contact with the car, so someone must know of a damaged blue car somewhere."
Jasmine's mum, Sapphire is now offering a reward for anyone who can help with information regarding the driver.
The family said the vehicle that hit Jasmine is understood to be a metallic blue Mazda Two, BMW or Audi.
She said her "beautiful daughter" is "lucky to be alive".
A spokesperson for Sussex Police: "Emergency services responded to a collision on the A23 slip-road at Hickstead around 9.35pm on Thursday.
"The driver of one of the vehicles involved received treatment from paramedics at the scene. The other vehicle – believed to be a blue car – failed to stop at the scene.
"Enquiries are ongoing. Anyone who saw what happened or who may have captured any relevant dash-cam footage from the area at the time is asked to email collision.appeal@sussex.pnn.police.uk or call 101 quoting serial 1269 of 09/12."
"I just lost control and the car was just spinning. I thought I was going to die."
Jasmine believes she briefly lost consciousness as her Ford Fiesta spun across the road.
She came to with her 35kg dog "absolutely petrified" after being thrown on top of Jasmine.
She said: "I was just screaming, my head was stuck out of the window. I had gone into a lamppost and just completely knocked it across the road."
Luckily a passer by pulled over and helped terrified Jasmine climb out of her smashed-up car.
The 28-year-old said the kind stranger, Jimmy, and his daughter had to pull the car back onto the road after it landed on its side.
Terrified Heaven was stuck inside the wreck, and had to be removed by firefighters - leaving the pup traumatised.
Incredibly, Jasmine and Heaven escaped with just cuts and bruises and returned home that night to Jasmine's worried mum, Sapphire, after being checked over in The Princess Royal's A and E.
But the driver who crashed into Jasmine and her dog is still on the run after heartlessly driving away from the wreck of her car - with the two still trapped inside at the time.
Jasmine said she thinks the driver saw the chaos and fled - fearing she was dead.
She said: "I just can't believe this has happened, I can't believe it's real.
"I was so shocked and I think I am still in shock."
She added: "I'm so thankful that it wasn't worse.
"I know I made contact with the car, so someone must know of a damaged blue car somewhere."
Jasmine's mum, Sapphire is now offering a reward for anyone who can help with information regarding the driver.
The family said the vehicle that hit Jasmine is understood to be a metallic blue Mazda Two, BMW or Audi.
She said her "beautiful daughter" is "lucky to be alive".
A spokesperson for Sussex Police: "Emergency services responded to a collision on the A23 slip-road at Hickstead around 9.35pm on Thursday.
"The driver of one of the vehicles involved received treatment from paramedics at the scene. The other vehicle – believed to be a blue car – failed to stop at the scene.
"Enquiries are ongoing. Anyone who saw what happened or who may have captured any relevant dash-cam footage from the area at the time is asked to email collision.appeal@sussex.pnn.police.uk or call 101 quoting serial 1269 of 09/12."
"I just lost control and the car was just spinning. I thought I was going to die."
Jasmine believes she briefly lost consciousness as her Ford Fiesta spun across the road.
She came to with her 35kg dog "absolutely petrified" after being thrown on top of Jasmine.
She said: "I was just screaming, my head was stuck out of the window. I had gone into a lamppost and just completely knocked it across the road."
Luckily a passer by pulled over and helped terrified Jasmine climb out of her smashed-up car.
The 28-year-old said the kind stranger, Jimmy, and his daughter had to pull the car back onto the road after it landed on its side.
Terrified Heaven was stuck inside the wreck, and had to be removed by firefighters - leaving the pup traumatised.
Incredibly, Jasmine and Heaven escaped with just cuts and bruises and returned home that night to Jasmine's worried mum, Sapphire, after being checked over in The Princess Royal's A and E.
But the driver who crashed into Jasmine and her dog is still on the run after heartlessly driving away from the wreck of her car - with the two still trapped inside at the time.
Jasmine said she thinks the driver saw the chaos and fled - fearing she was dead.
She said: "I just can't believe this has happened, I can't believe it's real.
"I was so shocked and I think I am still in shock."
She added: "I'm so thankful that it wasn't worse.
"I know I made contact with the car, so someone must know of a damaged blue car somewhere."
Jasmine's mum, Sapphire is now offering a reward for anyone who can help with information regarding the driver.
The family said the vehicle that hit Jasmine is understood to be a metallic blue Mazda Two, BMW or Audi.
She said her "beautiful daughter" is "lucky to be alive".
A spokesperson for Sussex Police: "Emergency services responded to a collision on the A23 slip-road at Hickstead around 9.35pm on Thursday.
"The driver of one of the vehicles involved received treatment from paramedics at the scene. The other vehicle – believed to be a blue car – failed to stop at the scene.
"Enquiries are ongoing. Anyone who saw what happened or who may have captured any relevant dash-cam footage from the area at the time is asked to email collision.appeal@sussex.pnn.police.uk or call 101 quoting serial 1269 of 09/12.""I just lost control and the car was just spinning. I thought I was going to die."
Jasmine believes she briefly lost consciousness as her Ford Fiesta spun across the road.
She came to with her 35kg dog "absolutely petrified" after being thrown on top of Jasmine.
She said: "I was just screaming, my head was stuck out of the window. I had gone into a lamppost and just completely knocked it across the road."
Luckily a passer by pulled over and helped terrified Jasmine climb out of her smashed-up car.
The 28-year-old said the kind stranger, Jimmy, and his daughter had to pull the car back onto the road after it landed on its side.
Terrified Heaven was stuck inside the wreck, and had to be removed by firefighters - leaving the pup traumatised.
Incredibly, Jasmine and Heaven escaped with just cuts and bruises and returned home that night to Jasmine's worried mum, Sapphire, after being checked over in The Princess Royal's A and E.
But the driver who crashed into Jasmine and her dog is still on the run after heartlessly driving away from the wreck of her car - with the two still trapped inside at the time.
Jasmine said she thinks the driver saw the chaos and fled - fearing she was dead.
She said: "I just can't believe this has happened, I can't believe it's real.
"I was so shocked and I think I am still in shock."
She added: "I'm so thankful that it wasn't worse.
"I know I made contact with the car, so someone must know of a damaged blue car somewhere."
Jasmine's mum, Sapphire is now offering a reward for anyone who can help with information regarding the driver.
The family said the vehicle that hit Jasmine is understood to be a metallic blue Mazda Two, BMW or Audi.
She said her "beautiful daughter" is "lucky to be alive".
A spokesperson for Sussex Police: "Emergency services responded to a collision on the A23 slip-road at Hickstead around 9.35pm on Thursday.
"The driver of one of the vehicles involved received treatment from paramedics at the scene. The other vehicle – believed to be a blue car – failed to stop at the scene.
"Enquiries are ongoing. Anyone who saw what happened or who may have captured any relevant dash-cam footage from the area at the time is asked to email collision.appeal@sussex.pnn.police.uk or call 101 quoting serial 1269 of 09/12."7
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