This is the shocking moment a motorbike collided at speed with a teenage boy on a bicycle, before speeding away.

Fourteen-year-old Worawut Chuthaisong was on his bicycle, waiting to cross the street to pick up his mother's laundry in the early hours of Friday 19 July. But a speeding biker going the wrong way down the road smashed into the boy, before fleeing.

Bystanders rushed to help the young victim, who was taken to hospital, where he is now being looked after. It was said he was lucky to survive.

A local restaurant owner told police that the motorcyclist had stopped at their shop after the accident and that he and his friend - whom he recognised as someone who worked at a shop over the road - were both very drunk.

A police spokesman said: ''The motorcyclist will certainly be prosecuted for reckless driving causing injury to others, and the fine will be a maximum of 6,000 baht or imprisonment for three years.''

This is the shocking moment a motorcycle rider knocks over a teenage cyclist then rides away leaving him for dead.

Worawut Chuthaisong, 14, was was on his bicycle, waiting to cross the street to pick up his mother's laundry in the early hours of yesterday (19/07) morning.

But a speedy biker - who was also going the wrong way down the road - smashed into the boy before fleeing.

Bystanders rushed to help the young victim and called the rescue foundation.

Miraculously, Worawut survived and is now recovering at the hospital, where he has to be closely watched by medical officers for the next few days.

Officers from Bangpakong district police station in Chachoengsao, central Thailand,are now hunting the motorcyclist after the hit-and-run.

Meanwhile, police officers are checking the security cameras from nearby shops and start questioning the witnesses.

A restaurant owner told the police that the hit-and-run motorcyclist had stopped at his shop after the accident.

He said: ''I didn't know the rider but his friend was the guy who worked at the shop across the street.

''I didn't know they hit someone before coming here, otherwise we'd catch them right away.

''They were very drunk and did not say anything about the accident.''

A police spokesman said: ''The motorcyclistwill certainly be prosecuted forreckless driving causing injury to others, and the fine will be a maximum of 6,000 baht or imprisonment for three years.''