Saturday 20 August 2022 02:01 AM Nick Sturdee named as BBC cameraman in Ukraine car crash with Clive Myrie trends now
The BBC documentary maker in the car crash with Clive Myrie in Ukraine after a tyre exploded said he is 'lucky to be alive' after being unconscious for three weeks.
Nick Sturdee, 52, was out filming for a documentary with the presenter in the armoured vehicle in June, before it turned over four times and crashed into a tree, south of Sumy in Ukraine.
Myrie was said to have hurt his head, while Sturdee suffered brain and chest injuries, spent three weeks unconscious in intensive care and had his spleen removed.
The other passengers in the car were said to be relatively unscathed and Sturdee is expected to make a good recovery, reported The Times.
Nick Sturdee (pictured), 52, has been named as the filmmaker in a car crash with BBC presenter Clive Myrie in Ukraine in June
Sturdee, a seasoned warzone journalist, was flown back to Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton and suffered from post-traumatic amnesia, meaning he does not remember the crash.
He had been in Ukraine since war broke out in February and has made three films since.
Sturdee said on Twitter: 'Well I’ve been in hospital on and off for 2 months after our armoured vehicle’s tyre exploded under me south of Sumy in #Ukraine in early June - on a shoot.
Nick Sturdee posted the news on Twitter
'It flipped 3 or 4 times and my window whacked against a tree.
'I took a few blows to my brain and chest and was lucky to be alive. Suffering from Post Traumatic Amnesia (among other things).'
The Russian-speaking journalist has worked on documentaries for BBC panorama and has covered the Russian conflict in Ukraine.
The BBC understands the collision did not happen as the result of military action.
Clive Myrie, BBC presenter, wearing a Press vest on the BBC earlier this year as he went to Ukraine
Clive Myrie, 57, took shelter underground after the building he was reporting from in
