Former footballer Clarke Carlisle improving after lorry crash
Former Premier League footballer Clarke Carlisle is now awake in hospital, nearly a month after he was seriously injured in a collision with a lorry.
Carlisle " stable ' after A64 accident
Former Leeds United and York City defender Clarke Carlisle is in a "stable and relatively comfortable" condition, but faces a "long road to full recovery", his family have said.
The 35-year-old was seriously injured in a collision with a lorry on December 22.
The incident happened on the A64, near York, and Carlisle is recovering in hospital in Leeds.
A statement from his family, released by the Professional Footballers' Association, of which Carlisle is a former chairman, said:
It emerged earlier this week that Carlisle was facing court action over an alleged drink driving offence after being charged just days before suffering his injury.
He was charged with failing to provide a sample on December 20 and is scheduled to appear in court on January 20.
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