POLICE investigating a hit and run crash which left a man fighting for his life have released pictures of a black bumper and nearside light recovered from the scene.

Victim John Conibeer, 32, is in an induced coma in hospital following the 1.55am collision on Saturday, February 17, on the A48 at Pwllmeyric Hill near Chepstow.

Gwent Police are continuing to appeal for witnesses and information in a bid to trace the driver and vehicle involved.

Officers also want to speak to the driver of a Nissan Note car which passed the scene shortly afterwards.

Just before the incident, a black Honda Civic in which Mr Conibeer was a passenger crashed into a wall. He was then hit by another vehicle after getting out of the car.

A Gwent Police spokesman said: “Following the collision, we believe a second vehicle, a Ford Transit van, unrelated to the first incident, has collided with an occupant of the first incident outside of the damaged black Honda Civic.

“A 32-year-old male from Newport was seriously injured and is currently in a critical but stable condition in the Heath Hospital, Cardiff. The unidentified vehicle failed to stop at the scene.”

The nearside light and front corner bumper found at the scene are believed to relate to the vehicle that hit Mr Conibeer.

The force spokesman added: “If anyone has seen a vehicle with damage consistent with this information or has any information on the incident, please contact Gwent Police on 101 quoting log 44 of February 17.”

DCI?Steve Maloney added:?“We are appealing for witnesses who were travelling on the A48 Pwllmeyric from Newport to Chepstow at around 2am on Saturday 17th February.

“We believe a Nissan Note travelled past the accident after assistance was at the scene but we are keen to speak to the driver and view any dash cam footage they may possess. If you travelled past the accident at any time please contact Gwent Police.”

A woman from the Newport area was arrested in relation to the initial Honda Civic collision and has been bailed to appear in court, but the identity of the vehicle and driver involved in the subsequent accident are still unknown more than a week later.

Meanwhile, Mr Coni­beer’s father Anthony Conibeer has renewed his plea for the driver to hand themselves in or for someone to come forward with information to identify them.

The 64-year-old has urged people and body shops to be on the look out for a van with the same front end damage.

He said this week: “John’s a good lad by heart and why someone has left him for dead on the side of the road, we’ll never understand. John is living day by day, minute by minute.”

In an earlier Facebook post, he wrote: “My son is lying in a hospital bed. On a life support machine, damaged kidneys, liver, ribs, bowels... damage to his face, broken leg and a damaged hip, all because of you transit van driver.

He pleaded: “If you know who the person is phone the police, tell them who it is.

“We want our son. We want our brother. We want our Dad back home safe and well.”

He added: “To the person who did this to our John, you have ripped the heart out of our family. We will always love John. I hope to God he pulls through this.”

The same stretch of the A48 is a notorious accident blackspot, which was the scene of a five-car pile-up as recently as 12 months ago, while a man died after a vehicle hit a wall in 2005 and a teenage girl passenger was left critically injured in a crash in 2010.

Councillors and police agreed to reduce the speed to 30mph on the Pwllmeyric stretch last year.