Michail Antonio says he ‘didn’t feel safe’ in his Ferrari before ‘almost dying’ in a horrific car crash.
The West Ham striker crashed into a tree in Epping Forest on his way back from training on a stormy Saturday back in early December.
The haunting pictures that surfaced on social media left fans questioning if Antonio was still alive.
Antonio spent more than three weeks in hospital with a broken leg but says he was given ‘another chance at life’ after being ‘close to dying’.
A few hours before the crash, Antonio had decided to take his Ferrari to training as he felt too ‘lazy’ to get some bags out of his other car.
‘The back of the car kept swinging out on me, so I didn’t feel safe,’ he told BBC One. ‘I had had it for three weeks and I was already thinking about giving it back.
‘I’ve always been a fan and friend of sports cars and old classics, but I can’t lie to you, sports cars are not my friends.
‘So right now, I have a Mercedes people carrier and my brother is my driver. For now, anyway, I’m staying far away from sports cars.’
Antonio remembers ‘nothing’ from the crash despite speaking to police and an ambulance crew from inside the wreckage.
‘It’s weird, because the whole way through this, I have been told that I was awake and was speaking to everybody – the police, the people, and the person who found me,’ he said.
Source : metro.co.uk
