EastEnders actor Adam Woodyatt has opened up about his real-life drama after revealing his son was put into an induced coma when he was hit by a automotive.
Woodyatt, 48, who performs Ian Beale within the common BBC cleaning soap, stated his 18-year-old son Sam was crossing the highway in London on September 29 when he was struck by a automobile.
His son was taken to the Royal London Hospital after the London Air Ambulance responded and handled him on the roadside.
He was compelled to make use of a wheelchair and solely began strolling 'unaided' on Friday after a five-hour lengthy operation 'put him again collectively'.
Adam Woodyatt (pictured along with his son, Sam) has performs Ian Beale within the hit BBC cleaning soap drama EastEnders
Woodyatt, who's the present's longest-serving actor, wrote concerning the incident on a JustGiving web page as he's taking half within the London Marathon to lift cash for the Air Ambulance Service.
The pair deliberate to run the marathon collectively - earlier than the accident - they usually nonetheless plan to finish it subsequent yr.
He stated: 'For these of you that do not know me that effectively, I'm in peak bodily situation and I am actually trying ahead to participating within the London Marathon.
'For these of you that do know me, you might be in all probability rolling on the ground laughing your heads off on the prospect of me participating within the London Marathon.
'Why you could ask, a query I'm now beginning to ask myself TBH.
'Having been an Ambassador for the Air Ambulance Service for a few years, I needed to extra actively fund increase now that each of my Kids have gone to College.
'Thursday 29th September, Sam was crossing the highway and received hit by a automotive.
'The London Air Ambulance responded, handled him at roadside, put him into an induced coma and took him to the Royal London Hospital.
'I am not going to enter all the main points, that is Sam's enterprise however the operation to place him again collectively took 5 hours.
Woodyatt (left), who's the longest serving actor on the present, revealed that his son was put into an induced coma
'Up till final Monday he was in a wheelchair, on Tuesday he began on crutches, yesterday, Friday 18th November, he was strolling up a staircase unaided.'
Woodyatt additionally added that his son's restoration 'has been superb'.
He added: 'I then talked it by with my son Sam in mid September and we got here up with the thought of him operating it and me strolling it as a form of tortoise and the hare to point out the distinction in switch instances between an Ambulance and an Air Ambulance.'
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