Emmerdale spoilers: Ethan Anderson dead after shock collapse?

Ethan being resuscitated in Emmerdale .

Emmerdale's Ethan Anderson collapses and is unresponsive in Tuesday's episode (ITV, 7.00pm, see our TV Guide for full listings).

As Ethan Anderson's plea hearing looms, he's a bag of nerves. But the lawyer has accepted his fate. He knows he was wrong to have done a runner when he crashed Nicky Miligan's car and left him for dead.

Ethan did a runner after crashing Nicky Miligan's car… (Image credit: ITV)

… weeks later, the lawyer was mown down by a car and left for dead by Nicky's mum Ruby (Image credit: ITV)

Assuming his freedom is about to come to an end in court, Ethan's determined to do something useful with his last moments.

Opening up to Charles, he tells his dad about the conversation he overheard between Ruby and Rose revealing that he's worried that Dawn is going to get caught up in it all.

Acting on vicar Charles' advice, Ethan calls Dawn – who's still camped out at the hospital with her baby son Evan – and leaves her a voicemail filling her in… What will Dawn do when she later hears the message?

Dawn listens to Ethan's revealing voicemail

Meanwhile, feeling better about himself, Ethan continues chatting to his father as they potter about the house getting ready to head to court.

But Charles gets the shock of his life when he re-enters the lounge only to find his son collapsed on the floor, unresponsive.

Charles is horrified when his son collapses and is unresponsive (Image credit: ITV)

Leaping into action, the distraught dad tries to rouse Ethan.

Fortunately his GP partner, Manpreet, is on hand. But when she fails to resuscitate him, is this it for Ethan? 

Can GP Manpreet resuscitate Ethan? (Image credit: ITV)

Has Ruby Miligan's hit and run on Ethan taken a deathly toll?

Has Ruby's revenge taken a life?  (Image credit: ITV)

Emmerdale continues weeknights from 7.00pm on ITV see our TV Guide for full listings.

• Will Taylor - Dean Andrews
• Caleb Milligan - Will Ash
• Charity Dingle - Emma Atkins
• Bob Hope - Tony Audenshaw
• Laurel Thomas - Charlotte Bellamy
• Gabby Thomas - Rosie Bentham
• Jai Sharma - Chris Bisson
• Lydia Hart - Karen Blick
• Dawn Fletcher - Olivia Bromley
• Paddy Dingle - Dominic Brunt
• Amelia Spencer - Daisy Campbell
• Nate Robinson. - Jurell Carter
• Marlon Dingle - Mark Charnock
• Tom King - James Chas
• Eric Pollard - Chris Chittell
• Arthur Thomas - Alfie Clarke
• Wendy Posner - Susan Cookson
• Nicky Milligan - Lewis Cope
• Ruby Fox-Milligan - Beth Cordingly
• Cathy Hope - Gabrielle Dowling
• Noah Dingle - Jack Downham
• Brenda Walker - Lesley Dunlop
• Suzy Merton - Martelle Edinborough
• April Windsor - Amelia Flanagan
• Gail Loman - Rachael Gill-Davis
• Samson Dingle - Sam Hall
• Vanessa Woodfield - Michelle Hardwick
• Rhona Goskirk - Zoe Henry
• Sarah Sugden - Katie Hill
• Victoria Barton - Isabel Hodgins
• Sam Dingle - James Hooton
• Cain Dingle - Jeff Hordley
• Eve Dingle - Bella James
• Mary Goskirk - Louise Jameson
• Amy Wyatt - Natalie Ann Jamieson
• Ethan Anderson - Emile John
• Vinny Dingle - Bradley Johnson
• Kim Tate - Claire King
• Billy Fletcher - Jay Kontzle
• Ella Forster - Paula Lane
• Charles Anderson - Kevin Mathurin
• Gus Malcolms - Alan McKenna
• Liam Cavanagh - Jonny McPherson
• Jimmy King - Nick Miles
• Aaron Dingle - Danny Miller
• Ryan Stocks - James Moore
• Rodney Blackstock - Patrick Mower
• Kerry Wyatt - Laura Norton
• Matty Barton - Ash Palmisciano
• Chas Dingle - Lucy Pargeter
• Jacob Gallagher - Joe-Warren Plant
• Suni Sharma - Brahmdeo Shannon Ramana
• Bear Wolf - Joshua Richards
• Mandy Dingle - Lisa Riley
• Leo Goskirk - Harvey Rogerson
• Manpreet Jutla - Rebecca Sarker
• Leyla Harding - Roxy Shahidi
• Belle Dingle - Eden Taylor-Draper
• Tracy Robinson - Amy Walsh
• Nicola King - Nicola Wheeler
• Claudette Anderson - Flo Wilson