Happy to be home: Leeds hit-and-run boy out of hospital

Rayhan Saleem was released from hospital to go home to his family in Leeds at the weekend, as 10-year-old sister Sabah remains in intensive care in Leeds General Infirmary.

The toddler is convinced he fell off a swing and is unable to understand that he and Sabah were run down and left lying in the road near their home by the driver of a Vauxhall Astra.

Rayhan is now walking with a limp and has lost his sparkle, relatives say.

Sabah, who is believed to have thrown herself in front of her brother to shield him, is still critically ill in hospital.

Their aunt, Samera Rafique, 25, said: “It is a big relief for his mum and dad to have one of their kids home safe.

“He is not his normal self though. He is very quiet, it’s like he has a fear in him.

“He is not running around with his grandad like he used to. He has a limp so he cannot walk properly.

“He is only young so he doesn’t really know what has happened. When we asked him how he cut his hand he said he did it on the swing.

“He also really misses his sister.

“Unfortunately Sabah is still in intensive care. There had been a couple of problems with her feeding tubes, a couple of times she has got up and pulled them out, so on Friday morning she had a small operation on her stomach to correct that.”