Czech falls off motorbike, wakes up with British accent

A speedway rider from the Czech Republic woke after being knocked out in a crash to discover he could speak perfect English.

Matej Kus, who barely knew the language beforehand, came around in an ambulance after the smash and began speaking English fluently.

Peter Waite, the promoter for Kus's team, the Berwick Bandits, said: "I couldn't believe what I was hearing."



"It was in a really clear English accent, no dialect or anything. Whatever happened in the crash must have rearranged things in his head.

"Matej didn't have a clue who or where he was when he came round. He didn't even know he was Czech. It was unbelievable to hear him talk in unbroken English."

Alas, Kus's new-found language skills didn't last. The teenager, who injured a knee in Sunday's accident in Glasgow, is once more struggling to make himself understood in English.