A SUPPORT worker has told how she was “left for dead” by a drunk driver.

Khia Honan, 21, was driving to a friend’s house in Millennium Way, Braintree, on her Lexmoto Valencia moped when she was hit by Justin Evans. He failed to stop, leaving Miss Honan with a broken femur, broken ribs and a broken leg.

She has had to give up her job and will spend the next five months learning to walk again.

Miss Honan said: “All I remember was going down towards the little roundabout by the Bath Store and I clocked that the car was there as I was turning.

“He looked stationary and then he was there in front of me and I was face down on the floor.

“He should’ve had a tougher punishment. He has ruined at least a year of my life until I can return to normal and he gets to carry on with his life.

“It isn’t just about the physical things. You also lose your dignity and your self-worth. I am physically unable to get up or down stairs, therefore I am imprisoned in my own bedroom with just enough ability to get to the bathroom. Tell me how is this fair?”

Mum Teresa Honan, 43, has taken time off work to act as a carer for her daughter.

She said: “I thought we were going to lose her. That man left her for dead. She could have had brain damage or anything.”

Miss Honan, of Porters Field, spent 24 days in Broomfield Hospital and is now confined to her bedroom at home, unable to move up and down stairs or even wash and dress herself.

She was helped at the scene by staff from Gap at Freeport – Lydia Dove, Jack Garbutt, and Sophie King – who witnessed her being flung into the air and dialled 999.

Mrs Honan said: “One of the girls dropped a big bag to the hospital with sweets, magazines and a book. They were brilliant.”