'Coronation Street' almost killed fan

[Perdita]

A Coronation Street fan has revealed that he couldn't watch the soap for ten years after breaking his neck during a commercial break.

Richard Collier rushed upstairs to the toilet so that he wouldn't miss the show when he slipped and fractured his neck in three places.

The 53-year-old from Chorlton then avoided the show for a decade fearing it would bring back memories of his near-fatal accident.

Collier watched the soap for the first time since his neck injury this week but admitted that the show had changed a lot it ten years.

He told the South Manchester Reporter: "It used to be my favourite soap. I had a few pangs of panic when the music came on. It was a bit strange though because I didn’t recognise most of the people on there - Vera's gone, Curly’s gone - I didn't really know what was going on."

At the time of Collier's fall, Corrie's main storyline involved the death of Gary and Judy Mallet's adopted child from meningitis.

From Digital Spy

[Chloe O'brien]

What a pile of old tosh, what does he mean he doesn't know what is going on in the soap. You don't have to watch a soap to know who the characters are or what is happening they're splashed over every magazine. Maybe he should have been a bit more careful when he was going to the toilet.

[Chris_2k11]

lmao sorry but this is hilarious!

[Abbie]

At first i thought this was going to be like the actual fault of Corrie, but you have to see the funny side

[Kirsty :]]

Haha!!
Sorry but that's just silly!
How on earth could Corrie bring back the memories?
Surely going upstairs and going to the loo would bring back the memories if anything!

[Abigail]

Bring on the law suit. Surprised he hasn't done it already

I doubt he was so traumatised that he couldn't watch corrie for ten years. He wasn't watching corrie when he broke his neck so why the "phobia"?