A widow is offering a £5,000 reward to help trace the driver who ploughed into her husband and left him for dead on a Leicestershire road.

Dee Ware has issued the heartfelt plea for information two months after her "soul-mate" Simon died following the collision as he walked along Ashby Road, Bitteswell, near Lutterworth.

The 44-year-old of Broughton Astley was first hit by a car, which failed to stop, and then run over by a van, whose driver did stop at the scene.

Dee, 53, has put up the reward for information leading to a conviction in the belief that someone knows who was driving the car involved or may have repaired it.

She said: "If whoever hit Simon had called police, he could still be alive.

"I can't believe there is someone out there who hasn't got the conscience to come forward and admit they've done this."

The fatal crash happened on Monday, December 19.

Dee said: "I spoke to him at about 1.45pm that day and at 5pm he was left dying in the road.

"I got the telephone call at about 6.20pm, it was Leicester Royal Infirmary saying that Simon had been involved in an accident, that he was very poorly and could I get there as soon as possible.

"I couldn't get a taxi so I went next door to my neighbour and he gave me a lift to the hospital, but I knew he was dead when we got there.

"I am offering the reward for information leading to the conviction of whoever is responsible for his death.

"Anybody who knows anything, I just hope and pray that they've got it in them to come forward.

"I've lost my soul-mate, he would do anything for anybody and I just miss him.

"He really was the love of my life.

"We had been married 16 years.

"He had been out of work for eight months and he was on his way back from a job interview in Loughborough.

"I've no idea why he was walking along that road. He was diabetic and I don't know if he was in any difficulty because of that.

"Someone must know if they hit somebody, they must have told somebody or had repairs done to their car.

"I can't go on until I know who did this and why."

Detective Constable Ady Keeble, of Leicestershire Police, said: "It is a possibility that the driver has not been aware that they have been in a collision or possibly they are aware that they have been in a collision but they are not fully aware of the full circumstances and the severity of it.

"I would urge that driver, or anyone who knows who that driver is, to make contact."

Anyone with information can call police on the non-emergency number 101.