A man who was thrown from a motorbike after colliding with a car has told of the moment he spoke with his wife over the phone as he lay in a ditch on the roadside.
Philip Haywood was approaching the border with Scotland as he rode to work on May 19, 2022, for the first time since the pandemic. But while overtaking a vehicle on a familiar road, Philip, 54, from Berwick, said he “made a mistake” - one that would end with life-changing injuries.
“I went flying through the air and landed in a ditch on my back. I remember just lying there staring at the sky,” he said. And it was while lying on the roadside that Philip noticed his foot was at a complete right angle.
