'Coronation Street' almost killed fan

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

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.

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: lmao sorry but this is hilarious!

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

Haha!! :lol:
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!

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

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"?