A TEENAGER left bleeding in the street after a hit-and-run incident is still too afraid to leave his house more than a month later.

Eighteen-year-old Tarak Alam, from Blackbird Leys, who has learning disabilities, was hit by a car in Blackbird Leys Road, Oxford, on September 25. A man was arrested on October 14. Now family members said Mr Alam’s mental state is deteriorating. Since the incident he has not returned to his studies at City of Oxford College and barely leaves the house.

His father Bodral Alam, who works at Primark in the Westgate shopping centre, said: “Since the accident, everything has changed.

“He’s not eating or drinking. He sits in his room, not talking, not washing or brushing his teeth. He’s very upset, shouting ‘don’t touch me’, shaking and spitting.

“Before the accident he went to the mosque in Manzil Way with me and his brothers. We all went together. Now he can’t go – he won’t go outside.”

According to his parents Tarak has also taken to keeping his shoes and socks on at all times and sleeping in the sitting room, with the light on, for just 15 minutes at a time.

On the day of the accident, Tarak was using the pelican crossing when a car went through the red light and knocked him down.

Witnesses said the car then stopped about 10 metres away. Both driver and passenger got out, looked at Tarak in the road, then got back in and drove off. The teen was left with a broken hand, head injuries and arm and leg pains.

Brother Fakrul, 21, said it was “possible” that Tarak was suffering post-traumatic stress disorder.

He added: “He’s not himself and it looks like it will last for quite a long time. I think he’s still scared. He’s shaking all the time and wants to be by himself.

“When we drive him to the doctors he will make observations and tell us to be careful. He’s always looking out for cars.”

Police contacted the family once at the end of September. After that the family heard nothing until the Oxford Mail made contact on October 19.

One day later, officers called the family to tell them a man had been arrested six days before.

Fakrul said: “It’s disappointing. They were supposed to ring if they got anything new. I don’t think they’re doing much.”

He added that the stretch of road where the incident happened, between Sandy Lane West and Balfour Road, has suffered problems in the past with speeding drivers.

He said: “A lot of the time you see cars whizzing by that road because it’s clear. I would like to see some change – even a bump on the road would probably slow them down.”

According to police, a 27-year-old man from Southwark, London, was arrested on October 14 on suspicion of a string of offences including causing serious injury by dangerous driving, intending to pervert the course of justice and failing to report an accident his vehicle was involved in.

He is on police bail until Thursday, November 26.

Signs on the Blackbird Leys bridge are still appealing for witnesses.

Police spokesman Gareth Ford-Lloyd added: “We have been in contact with the family.

“We would ask the family if they have any concerns to contact the officers directly.”