Nigel Campbell, 27, of Number 50 Village, Coren-tyne is currently a patient at the New Amsterdam Hospital, after he was struck down by a Canter truck around on Saturday night.
His mother, Jane Lindo, a former nurse, said he sustained three broken ribs, a punctured left lung and injuries to his head.
He also underwent a “surgery to insert a tube into his stomach to drain the blood that was lodged into his abdominal cavity,” she said. “He is still not able to