West Ham United forward, Michail Antonio has been speaking to the media following a horrific car crash which left him ‘almost dead’.
Antonio’s Saturday, December 7th, had begun as an ordinary morning, with West Ham preparing for a league game against Wolves that would be broadcast on television two days later.
The weather “was windy, wet and horrific” on a day when Storm Darragh alerts were issued by the Met Office, he recalls.
According to The BBC, the 34-year-old claims he had reservations about using his Ferrari since he felt “lazy” when his partner asked him to get some items from their second car before he left.
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“The back of the car kept swinging out on me, so I didn’t feel safe,” he says. “I had had it for three weeks and I was already thinking about giving it back.”
It was a decision that changed everything, but when asked what he remembers about the crash itself – which occurred on his way home – his answer is “nothing”.
“It’s weird, because the whole way through this, I have been told that I was awake and was speaking to everybody – the police, the people, and the person who found me,” he says.
“My leg was completely shattered and they got me out and put a splint on it by the side of the car.
“Everyone believed I got an air ambulance out, but the helicopter couldn’t get off the ground because of the storm, so I was driven to the hospital.”
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