Amazing survival of 50mph motorcyclist knocked out by low-flying pigeon… whose bike then accelerated to 140mph while he was UNCONSCIOUS

Bikers Claims

A motorcyclist survived an extraordinary crash after he was knocked out by a low-flying pigeon, accidentally hit the throttle on his bike and accelerated to 140mph - while unconscious.

Matthew Brealy, 38, collapsed when the bird smashed through his helmet visor and shattered his glasses as he drove along a stretch of road.

But he remained on the powerful 1,000 cc Suzuki GSXR which was sent hurtling a further 200 yards before it ploughed into an oak tree.

The bike disintegrated on impact.

Mr Brealy, from Whittington Moor, in Chesterfield, suffered two skull fractures with bleeding to his brain, a broken leg, cracked ribs and a fractured hand following the crash in April.

He spent ten weeks in Sheffield's Northern General Hospital where his hand was re-wired and a titanium rod was inserted in his leg.

The veteran biker, who runs an electrical business, is now learning to walk again with help from his pregnant wife Emma.

He had been out with a friend and was travelling at around 50 mph on a road between Caenby Corner and Retford, in Nottinghamshire, when he was struck by the bird.

‘It smashed through my helmet visor and even smashed the lens of my glasses,' he said.
'I was doing about 50 mph at the time and the impact knocked me unconscious.

‘It appears that I collapsed on the front of my bike and at the same time I hit the throttle so the bike just accelerated out of control.

‘Police told me afterwards they estimated that the bike had gone from 50 mph to around 140 mph in a matter of seconds but thankfully for me it happened on a straight road which is why I probably didn't fall off the machine.

‘My bike hit an oak tree with a glancing blow, I was thrown clear and the machine was smashed to pieces under the impact.

‘Police confirmed a pigeon was the cause of the accident. My visor was left with a hole in it and I was covered in pigeon blood and feathers.’

A farmer who came across the wreckage blocked the road with his combined harvester and paramedics treated the injured motorcyclist by the roadside for an hour before he was taken to hospital by air ambulance.

‘There's no doubt it was a bizarre, freak accident and I am aware that I am lucky to be arrive,’ he added.

‘I am 99 per cent back to normal but I have had to learn to walk again but with the support of my wife Emma, my family I was determined to get on my feet again and back to work.’

source: dailymail.co.uk