Radio host almost paralysed after horrific bike crash
Brisbane radio host Ben Dobbin is lucky to be alive after breaking his neck in a horrific bike crash.
Dobbin, 48, was training for the Noose triathlon on Wednesday when he swerved to miss a snake on the road.
The Triple M presenter crashed and was rushed to hospital and diagnosed with a fractured C5 vertebrae, and he underwent surgery on Thursday night.
While on the road to recovery, he told the Sunday Mail that he was “that close” to being in a wheelchair for the rest of his life that it was “not funny”.
“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,” he said.
He recalled how the neurosurgeon that operated on him through his throat also told the father-of-five that there’s a risk he could lose his voice altogether, saying, “I told him ‘that’s my career’ and he said ‘my priority is to save you from being in a wheelchair for the rest of your life.’”
Despite telling the outlet that “most people who have this type of injury don’t ever walk again”, Dobbin was up and taking his first few steps on Friday.
“I don’t know how long I’ll be in hospital for, they haven’t told me,” he said. “I’ve been in agony, but it’s more the mental side of things that’s harder to deal with, if I’m honest."
“I know one thing, I’ll never get on a bike again.”
Dobbins co-hosts Leisel Jones and Liam Flanagan on The Rush Hour with Leisel, Liam and Dobbo informed listeners of the accident on Wednesday, saying that Dobbin was expected to make a “full recovery”.
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