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TV presenter Dan Walker has said his " whole body aches" and he has had to eat through a straw since being injured in a bike Crash .

Mr Walker said he knew " he could have died" when he was hit by a car while cycling in Sheffield on Monday.

He added he was " very happy" he could not remember much about What Happened .

But He Said he could recall how " deeply distressed" The Driver looked, and thanked them for " staying around".

" I know I could have died but I also know how easy it is to make a mistake, even when you're trying to Be Careful , " He Said in the article.

The former Bbc Breakfast presenter said he " can't imagine" what The Driver was now going through, adding: " If you're reading this, I'm going to be OK. "

Mr Walker described struggling to breathe as he lay on the ground for about 25 minutes after The Crash , drifting in and out of consciousness.

Everything went black until he saw the faces of two paramedics, a Police Officer and The Driver of The Car Looking Down at him, he added.

Once in The Ambulance , paramedics told him they were concerned about his face, now bloodstained and swollen, but that his helmet " probably saved my life" and all the damage was in the area below it.

Later at The Hospital , an X-ray confirmed that " despite The Pain , nothing was broken".

Mr Walker shared on Social Media , where he praised the NHS and spoke about his helmet.

But his message received some backlash. Motorists were angry he was " on The Road at all" and that The Driver hadn't " finished the job" - and some cyclists accused him of victim blaming by " talking about helmets at all" when The Real problem was, they said, " idiots in their tanks".

Mr Walker continued: " However I choose to get from A to B, I never feel like I'm in A War and I don't think it's 'my road'. My helmet is smashed and I'm glad that it wasn't my head. "

He added his teeth still " feel bruised" and he has an ulcer " the size of a 20p piece" under his front lip.

" I have been eating through a straw for most of the week. My left wrist is really painful to move and Every Day I'm finding another lump or little chunk of flesh missing, " He Said .

The presenter said he hated " doing nothing" and hoped to return to his role as a Channel 5 news anchor.

" As long as the swelling and bruising have gone down, I think I will go back to work later This Week , " he wrote.

Source of news: bbc.com