'I was out with friends and then I woke up in a hospital bed being told I'd have to learn to eat and walk again'

A man given just 24 hours to live after a horror e-bike accident has defied the odds after learning to walk and eat again.

The near-fatal disaster struck on September 4 last year when David Harrison was riding on his bike along Alt Hill Lane, a narrow country road between Ashton-under-Lyne and Oldham - after being out to a nearby track with his friends.

The 24-year-old, from Denton, sustained life-changing injuries after it is believed he came flying off the bike and smashed his head on a nearby embankment. He was airlifted to Salford Royal hospital for immediate surgery and was placed into a coma.

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It was not until a month later when David, who doctors did not think would pull through, woke up confused in a hospital bed surrounded by doctors and his family - with no memory of the accident.

Unable to even sit up, David was told he had fractured his spine in four places, broken his neck, had sustained a fractured skull, bleed on the brain, punctured lung, broken jaw and sustained a brachial-plexus injury, where nerves are torn away from the spinal cord.

What followed was three gruelling and challenging months in hospital, with the 24-year-old having to overcome major hurdles by learning to walk again, feed himself and dress himself. He has also now completely lost the use of his left arm and hand.

Speaking to the Manchester Evening News about the ordeal, David said:"I was just out with a few friends on my bike and we had been to a local track to us with jumps. I was riding on the way home and came off my bike, but don't remember the crash or anything else because I have suffered with brain damage and severe memory loss.

"The hospital said