A motorcyclist had a miraculous recovery after he fell off his bike and was impaled on a metal rod - through his neck and mouth.
The rider, named only as Suresh, 35, was trying to avoid a head on collision with an oncoming three-wheeler, when he lost control of his bike and veered off the road.
He rammed his bike into a pile of construction materials and got impaled by the rod which pierced through the back of his neck - and emerged through his mouth.
Unsurprisingly he immediately passed out - but thankfully he was discovered by passing motorists who took him to hospital.
Miraculously surgeons removed the rod - and Suresh, who works as a farmer, is now recovering at home in Andhra Pradesh's East Godavari district in India.
He said: "After the accident, I fell unconscious and had no idea how I landed in the hospital.
"My relatives told me that some good samaritans brought me to the hospital. I want to thank them for saving my life.
"Doctors told me that I was brought in within the golden hour and that's why they could save my life."
The accident took place on 18 November on National Highway 216 and passers-by rushed him to the state-run Kakinada Hospital, 20 miles away.
A police spokesperson said: "Suresh was trying to avoid hitting an auto-rickshaw. He fell on a pile of iron rods lying by the National Highway 216.
"The construction materials were meant to be used to widen roads.
South West News Service
