Former pop star Brian Harvey has now made a full recovery from that freakish car accident that nearly killed him a few months ago. His manager Simon Harrison says that he's now walking and driving again and is planning to get back into the studio in the coming months. Harrison explained: "He's a fighter at heart and has got some tremendous willpower that seems to pull him through. The doctors at the time were giving him a 2% chance to live - it was as low as that. The surgeon said to me: 'Don't hope for anything better than maybe one or two first steps before Christmas'. They did the operation on his pelvis and took the pins out a number of weeks ago. He had some intense physiotherapy and come out of that and is walking OK."
You may remember at the time of the incident there was some speculation that the accident was some kind of elaborate suicide attempt. On regaining consciousness he explained that he was reversing down cul-de-sac, felt violently sick, undid his seatbelt and leaned out of the car, at the same time hitting the accelerator pedal instead of the brakes. On the suicide speculation, Harrison said: "Having come fairly close to bouts of depression and suicide attempts, people were obviously slightly sceptical as to whether this was just another one. But as he said: 'I'm certainly not brave enough to do that'."
Harvey is now planning a bit of a comeback after responses to a new song he recorded before the accident has had an enthusiastic response from some major US labels after being anonymously posted on a music industry website. "I think I'd prefer to do it over there where we can start afresh with a clean sheet - have a hit record based on the fact that it's a record rather than Brian's back story," says Harrison, adding that Harvey's former band East 17 would be up for a reunion if a Take That style offer came along: "I would love it to happen but it's got to be triggered by somebody saying: 'We've got a tour lined up - it's not Butlins, this time it's Wembley Arena, and here's the money'."