A FLORIST was left in dire straits for Valentine’s Day after its delivery van was written-off after being hit by a vehicle which failed to stop.

What should have been one of the busiest days of the year turned into a “nightmare” for Dave and Ruth Kelly who run Alternative Arrangements in Holcombe Brook.

The couple had to find extra people to help meet around 70 deliveries using just a small car because they could not afford to replace the van.

They are appealing to anyone with information to contact them after the van was hit while parked outside their home in Stubbins Lane. The accident happened in the early hours of Sunday, February 6.

Mr Kelly said: “I think whoever has done this is a spineless coward to just drive off like that. They are covered by insurance, even if they had come back after and said sorry. If I banged a car I would put a card on the windscreen. If whoever has done this had any backbone at all they would come into the shop and give us their insurance details.”