I woke up after a month in a coma and didn't have a clue what happened

E-BIKE CRASH VICTIM BATTLES BACK AFTER BEING HOURS FROM DEATH

- JAMES HOLT

A MAN given just hours to live after a horror e-bike accident has defied the odds after learning to walk and eat again.

The near-fatal disaster struck on September 4 last year when David Harrison was riding on his bike along Alt Hill Lane, a narrow country road between Ashton-under-Lyne and Oldham - after being out to a nearby track with his friends.

The 24-year-old, from Denton, sustained life-changing injuries after it is believed he came flying off the bike and smashed his head on a nearby embankment. He was airlifted to Salford Royal Hospital for immediate surgery and was placed in a coma.

It was not until a month later when David, who doctors did not think would pull through, woke up confused in a hospital bed surrounded by doctors and his family - with no memory of the accident.

Unable to even sit up, David was told he had fractured his spine in four places, broken his neck, had sustained a fractured skull, bleed on the brain, punctured lung, broken jaw and sustained a brachial-plexus injury, where nerves are torn away from the spinal cord.

What followed was three gruelling and challenging months in hospital, with the 24-year-old having to overcome major hurdles by learning to walk again, feed himself and dress himself. He has also now completely lost the use of his left arm and hand.