Mr Phillips suffers from a rare genetic disease called Friedreich's ataxia which causes difficulty walking, a loss of sensation in the arms and legs, and impaired speech.

For the most part, he has been able to manage this disease and is able to get around on his own thanks to his wheelchair.

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But at 2.30pm on February 3, he was crossing at the corner of Lords Place and Summer Street when he was struck by a white SUV.

"When I got hit, my eyes went all blurred and I just lay there," he said.

"My right eye is still blurred. I can't see anything and it hurts for me to breath."

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He says a doctor told him he has severe whiplash from the crash and that it may take months until the pain goes away.

Orange police confirmed an investigation had been launched, but Central West Police District Chief Inspector Dave Harvey added they have not classed it as a hit-and-run because the female driver "stopped and approached the pedestrian".

But Mr Phillips said she should have done more.

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"She moved the car down a bit in Lords Place and she stood a couple metres near me and I said 'why did you run into me'," Mr Phillips added.

"I asked for someone to ring the police and nobody did, and then she turned around and left. It's just not right."

In the past four years, he has travelled 5,000km with his motorised wheelchair. But now he is afraid to even go into the CBD.

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"I am worried to cross the street and I never used to be," he said. "I'd go anywhere, but I'm a bit shook now. I go to bed and the last few nights I've woken up thinking a car is going to hit me.

"I'm really and truly worried what it's done to me. I had my pain under control, but nothing is under control now. If I had been another half-a-metre forward I could be dead."

He is pleading with anyone who was there at the time of the crash to contact Orange police.

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"I'd just like anyone who witnessed it to come forward," Mr Phillips said.

"Or if that woman had any principals, she should go to the Orange police station."

Chief Inspector Harvey said CCTV footage from the scene had been checked and some footage has been recovered.

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"We would ask any member of the community who witnessed this to contact the Orange police station or if the driver of the white SUV to make contact with the station."

The number for the public to contact the police station is 6363 6399.