Alan’s broken back diagnosed 30 years after car smash

By The Newsroom
Published 24th Jul 2015, 08:30 BST
Alan Brown who has just been diagnosed with a broken back following a car crash in 1985.Alan Brown who has just been diagnosed with a broken back following a car crash in 1985.
Alan Brown who has just been diagnosed with a broken back following a car crash in 1985.
A Burnley man received a massive shock last Tuesday when he learnt his back was broken – 30 years after a car crash.

Alan Brown (67), of Hollingreave Road, was given the unexpected diagnosis when he went to the Royal Blackburn Hospital with a liver complaint.

And he claims that, despite the “odd twinge every now and then”, he had no reason to suspect something might be so seriously wrong.