Burglars raided the home of a road accident victim while doctors fought to save his life in hospital.

While 58-year-old Kenny Beck was in a critical condition in Bradford Royal Infirmary, intruders were smashing their way into his home in Great Horton and rifling through his possessions.

The break-in took place immediately after the accident in the street outside - when the road was cordoned off and an ambulance rushed Mr Beck away.

And his family fear someone watching the drama unfold took advantage of his perilous situation.

Today, his angry daughter Joanne Stringer said: "These people are the lowest of the low."

Mr Beck had stepped out of a taxi outside his home late on Easter Monday when he was hit by another taxi while he crossed the road.

The impact sent him flying in the air and his unconscious body came to rest 60 yards further down the street.

Police, who originally treated it as a potentially fatal accident, cordoned the road off and paramedics gave Mr Beck treatment at the scene before taking him to BRI.

But while doctors stabilised him and tended his broken pelvis, broken elbow, broken nose, cuts and bruises, intruders were trashing his home.

"I've lived in that house seven years, and I've never been burgled before," said Mr Beck, speaking from his hospital bed. "It isn't very nice to have it done while you're in hospital. It's obviously someone close, someone from the area, who's seen what's happened to me."

Mrs Stringer added: "Everybody knows him in the area, and the accident happened at pub chucking-out time.

"It's disgusting what's happened. We're not very happy about the accident either because we still don't really know what happened."

Acting Inspector Keith Gilert, of Odsal police, said: "The accident was treated at the time as a potentially fatal accident. About four or five people rang 999.

"The family's reaction is understandable but I have seen no evidence on the crime report from the officer that it's anything other than a coincidence. We may never know whether the offender knows the gentleman in question, and has seen the accident and taken opportunistic advantage of it."

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