{"id":43823,"date":"2023-02-20T10:42:54","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T10:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=43823"},"modified":"2023-02-20T16:47:55","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T16:47:55","slug":"breaking-dan-walker-hit-by-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/02\/20\/breaking-dan-walker-hit-by-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Walker &#8220;battered and bruised&#8221; but alive after being hit by car"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Popular news presenter and Sheffield alumni Dan Walker is out of hospital and &#8220;glad to be alive&#8221; after he was hit by a car earlier today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Channel 5 anchor, who lives in the city, was riding his bike when the accident happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Writing on Twitter, he said: &#8220;Bit of an accident this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Glad to be alive after being hit by a car on my bike. Face is a mess but don&#8217;t think anything is broken.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fans of Mr Walker replied with their best wishes, including <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MOTSI_MABUSE\/status\/1627614803853205507\">&#8220;Get well soon&#8221;<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MindBodySoleUK\/status\/1627616380135567361\">&#8220;Sending you all our love Dan.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bit of an accident this morning. <br>Glad to be alive after getting hit by a car on my bike. Face is a mess but I don\u2019t think anything is broken. Thanks to Shaun and Jamie for sorting me out and the lovely copper at the scene. <br>This is my smiling \ud83d\ude02<br>Thankful for our NHS \u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jt4FdaQDUU\">pic.twitter.com\/jt4FdaQDUU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dan Walker (@mrdanwalker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrdanwalker\/status\/1627612737252515841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Six hours later Mr Walker posted an update. He said: &#8220;Just got home from hospital. 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