Police are hunting a man they believe made off from the scene of a serious road accident last weekend.

Officers believed four people were travelling in a car which lost control overtaking and ploughed into the porch of a Paget house.

But it has now come to light that a fifth person, believed to be a man, was in the vehicle and is thought to have run off. The accident happened at about 3.40 a.m. last Sunday on Middle Road near Bostock Hill East.

The driver, 23, was taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital in a serious condition and was last night still in intensive care, where he was described as stable. Two others taken to hospital have now been discharged and a third is stable in a general ward.

Police spokesman Robin Simmons said: ?We believe that there was a fifth person in the car who was not there when police arrived and we want to talk to them.?

The man or anyone who thinks they know him should call P.c. Gregory White on 299-4538.

A 52-year-old motorcyclist who was fighting for his life last weekend after an accident in North Shore Road was still in intensive care last night. Staff at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital described his condition as stable. He is thought to have lost control of his bike before it crashed into a roadside pillar at about 5.30 a.m. on Sunday, January 22.