EastEnders star Adam Woodyatt recalls horror of his son’s car crash and reveals he’s training for the marathon just 16 weeks after being placed in induced coma
The star, who plays Ian Beale in the soap, is now training with his son Sam to run a marathon, despite his recent accident
EASTENDERS star Adam Woodyatt has recalled the horror of his son Sam's car crash last year, and revealed his pride at his "incredible" recovery since.
The star, who plays Ian Beale in the BBC soap, is now training with Sam for a marathon, just 16 weeks after his son was placed in an induced coma.
The 18-year-old was flown to hospital by the Air Ambulance Service after being struck by a vehicle as he crossed a road in London on September 29.
He underwent five hours of life-saving surgery “to put him back together” and spent weeks in a wheelchair before finally walking unaided.
Taking to his Twitter page today, Adam explained he'd first written his blog on food in July last year, but it only went live today following a busy work schedule and his son's horrific car accident.
He went on to speak of his pride as Sam has recovered enough to run a marathon, and raise money for the ambulance service that saved his life.
Adam wrote: "Just as I was about to start catching up with where we had eaten over the summer months, some of you will know what happened next but for those who don’t, our son Sam was crossing a road in London and got knocked down.
"The London Air Ambulance service attend him and placed him in an induced coma which he was in for 42 hours.
"He also had a 5 hour operation to rebuild his pelvis. Sixteen weeks on, his recovery has been incredible. We are both training to run the Virgin Money London Marathon in April for the Air Ambulance Service, something we were planning to do before he had the accident.
"If you’d like to read more or donate please go to //JustGiving.com/Adam-Woodyatt or //JustGiving.com/Sam-Woodyatt
"Why have I restarted the blog? Two reasons. One, I really enjoy it. Two, it’s getting me out of training today!!"
Adam has so far raised more than £2,300 for the cause, and it's still rising.
Adam is a long-time ambassador for the service and previously wrote : “We came up with the idea of him running it and me walking it, as a kind of tortoise and the hare, to show the difference in transfer times between an ambulance and an air ambulance.
“I got us two places for the London Marathon then this happened.
“The London Air Ambulance responded, treated him at roadside, put him into an induced coma and took him to the Royal London Hospital.
“But his recovery has been amazing and we are going to continue with the original plan.”