'The last thing I remember is being on the M60 - then my life changed forever'

Six days after a horrific motorbike crash, Kyle Vynne opened his eyes in a hospital ward with no idea how he got there. The 28-year-old had just woken up from a coma after being involved in an accident on the motorway six days beforehand.

"I don't remember the accident itself, last thing I remember is 15 minutes prior to it. What I do remember is waking up in a coma ward with a nurse over me calming me down." Kyle explained.

"I was on that many painkillers it was all a bit blurry. I was gutted that I broke my bike, I missed my little brother's birthday and it was Covid times so I wasn't allowed any visitors or anything like that."

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Kyle was a member of a motorbike club who, during lockdown, had arranged to go for a ride to the moors around Saddleworth. He was on his way home to Blackley via the M60 when the devastating crash happened in September 2020.

The crash was life changing, leaving him with metal plates in his hip and a destroyed shin that he has to rebuild. It also ended Kyle's career as a landscape gardener.

But, following 12 months in recovery, he found a new path when he decided to take on casual bar work after becoming 'bored' of being out of a job.

Now, three years on from the accident, he is the landlord of the Old Monkey on Portland Street in Manchester city centre. Kyle got the keys to the pub four weeks ago after completing an in-house course by brewery Joseph Holt.

"I've never really had time off and I got bored quite easily," he told the MEN. "For me as soon as I could get back to work, I got back to work.

"After the crash I