A MOTORBIKE rider fears losing her foot after a horror crash at a busy roundabout.

Marina Polkovska was approaching the aquarium roundabout on Brighton seafront late at night when she was bumped by a car driven by Housian Mohammadi.

The force of the impact was enough to push the hotel worker’s foot into the bicycle chain, leaving her needing hospital treatment.

Doctors amputated three of her toes and now have to treat the gash on the underside of her foot.

Both Mohammadi and Ms Polkovska were approaching the roundabout in Grand Junction Road on the A259 at 10.25pm on September 30 last year.

But the driver failed to spot her riding and bumped into her before she could turn left into the Old Steine.

It has left her needing ongoing medical treatment and she fears she may yet have to have her foot amputated.

Police charged Mohammadi with driving without due care and attention, which he admitted at Brighton Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

Martina Sherlock, prosecuting, said Ms Polkovska was riding from her home to work at the time, while Mohammadi was driving home in his VW Golf.

She said: “As he entered the roundabout by the pier, he failed to see the motorcycle already on the roundabout, hitting the rear side of it with the bumper.

“It pushed her left foot into the bike chain, causing it to slice open her foot and foot and causing a serious injury.”

Onlookers rushed to help her, while Mohammadi was questioned by police.

In court, Ms Polkovska’s statement said: “I’m still having problems sleeping at night because of the pain. Hopefully things will get better but I fear I will have to have my foot amputated.”

She hopes to continue riding a motorbike once her treatment is over. For the moment she is staying with her family in Watford.

Mohammadi, 44, of Chadborn Close in Brighton, said: “I’m very sorry for the incident that happened. I regret it.

“When the police informed me about her injury I almost cried for her. I was depressed about it.”

He admitted the charge of driving without due care and attention.

Magistrate John Paxman was told Mohammadi has been unemployed since 2013 and lives with his brother.

The motorist will have to pay an £80 fine, £85 court costs and a £30 victim surcharge, a total of £195.

Mohammadi will pay the money back at a rate of £10 a week from his benefits. He will also have six points added to his driving licence. Any compensation claims will be sorted out via insurance.