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24-05-2008, 07:11
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
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