I was hit by a truck – then my wife noticed something about my beard

Doctors were preparing to declare me dead (Picture: Daniel Fox)

In December 2024, when I was 49, a seven-tonne van changed my life. 

I was walking across a pedestrian crossing when a vehicle hit me at 30mph.

It was around 3pm – just as I was leaving a pub I’d nipped into for a Christmas pint. 

The catastrophic impact knocked me unconscious straight away. 

I later learned that when an air ambulance arrived I was intubated – when a tube is inserted into your windpipe to keep your airway open – at the scene. 

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