Cat Crash! Man Trips Over His Pet Feline And Ends Up In Hospital After Sustaining 'Car Crash Injuries'

It¡¯s a cat-astrophe! A UK man had the absolute worst luck after he tripped over his pet cat and suffered ¡°car crash injuries¡±. The man, identified as Chris Rowley, suffered a broken neck, fractured spine, smashed ribs, blood in his lungs, and other 'car crash-like' injuries after he tripped over his feline pet.

Man Trips Over His Cat, Sustains 'Car Crash-like Injuries'

Chris Rowley

The freaky accident took place back in October 2022. The unfortunate incident went down when the Leicestershire-based professional musician was at home with his hairless Egyptian sphinx kitten, Eric Morecambe, all alone.

Rowley told Mirror, ¡°I can¡¯t remember much, just falling fast ¡ª it was quick and it was over within seconds, then I was at the bottom.¡± The accident occurred when the inside-out kitty out of nowhere turned to Rowley and latched onto his leg while he was trying to get down the staircase.

Rowley came tumbling down the whole 14 steps. He lay still at the bottom of the staircase after the fatal fall as he was unable to move after sustaining severe injuries, ¡°It took a bit of a chunk out my leg then I lost my footing,¡± explained Rowley.

The Musician Was Unaware Of His Own Injuries While He Lay Unmmoving On The Foot Of The Stairs

Chris Rowley

While Rowley stayed on the foot of the staircase, he was still unaware of the injuries he had suffered. When the paramedics arrived they clarified that Rowley had a ¡°fractured skull, a broken bone in the neck, two fractures in the spine, nine broken ribs, and each rib has multiple fractures, and then I had a bit of blood in the lungs.¡±

Amid all this, the cat was perfectly fine, without even a single one of its non-existent hair harmed. To make matters worse, Rowley¡¯s wife Jackie was working nights as a children¡¯s care worker and was unable to come to his aid in time which meant Rowley had to lay in the pool of his own blood for over 14 hours.

Rowley remembered, ¡°My phone was dead ¡ª I couldn¡¯t get up, I physically couldn¡¯t get up. It¡¯s the hardest sensation ¡ª it¡¯s almost like claustrophobia, you can¡¯t get out, you can¡¯t physically get anywhere or do anything.¡±

Jackie arrived in the morning which was when Rowley could actually get the help he needed. The wife told the outlet, ¡°I normally get home at about 8:30 a.m., but that day, I got held back and I didn¡¯t get back ¡¯til about 10, and I opened the door and heard him screaming and saw the blood.¡±

Within minutes the paramedics arrived after Jackie had made a panicked call after witnessing the horrific scene.