Brisbane TV and radio sports personality Ben Dobbin says he’s lucky to be walking, let alone alive, after a horror pushbike crash - which happened as he swerved to miss a snake - left him in hospital with a broken neck.
The Triple M presenter and Channel 9 rugby league reporter was training for the Noosa Triathlon last Wednesday when the accident happened.
He said he was riding with cycling coach Cam Hughes from Nundah to the Hornibrook Bridge when he swerved to miss a black snake on the road.
“My front tyre clipped his back tyre and I lost control, shot across (the road), got spat out and went head first into the one and only steel pole,” a sore and sorry Dobbin told The Sunday Mail from his bed in Brisbane’s Wesley Hospital.
“I knew something was wrong straight away and an ambulance was called.
“I had a CT and MRI and was diagnosed with a fractured C5 vertebrae.”
Dobbin’s Triple M co-hosts, Leisel Jones and Liam Flanagan, shared the shocking news with listeners during Wednesday’s Rush Hour show, describing the incident as a “tumble” and reassuring fans that Dobbin is expected to make a full recovery.
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