Senator Diallo Rabain has said Police were following several leads into the hit-and-run incident that left him with a fractured leg on Friday evening.

He was riding his motorcycle home from work along Front Street when another rider apparently tried to turn on to Court Street ahead of him and the senator was knocked to the ground.

The other driver took off but a female witness told officers the bike’s licence plate number.

Speaking from his home after a short stretch at the hospital, Sen Rabain told The Royal Gazette: “I am now waiting on the Police. They said they had leads and would get back to me shortly.”

Sen Rabain is wearing a soft cast and is due to visit the fracture clinic tomorrow to see whether he will need another cast.

The injury is unlikely to affect the Progressive Labour Party member’s work in the Senate, which reconvenes in the middle of next month.

He plans to return to his regular job at Compu-Cad on Wednesday.

Police responded to the two-vehicle traffic collision at about 6.45pm on Friday.

It is believed that two motorcycles were travelling along the road when they collided. Sen Rabain, 43, of Hamilton Parish, was taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital via ambulance while the second rider took off.

He was said to be in a stable condition on a general ward and was later released.

Sen Rabain said: “I’m resting but it’s a bit of a forced rest — it’s one of those things.

“It was weird because I’ve been reading about all of these accidents that have been happening here; I was not expecting this.

“I was on my regular ride home from work and the next thing you know I’m on the ground getting picked up by an ambulance. I only knew what had happened because I heard a lady talking to the Police.”

Asked whether he had a message for anyone driving irresponsibly on Bermuda’s roads, Sen Rabain said: “My message would be: just slow down. Have some courtesy for others on the road.

“This could have been a lot worse than it was — and for what? There was no traffic behind me, so whoever turned in front of me could have waited.

“I just wish people would slow down.”

Police are appealing for witnesses to contact the Roads Policing Unit on 295-0011.