BRITAIN’S LUCKIEST MASOCHIST

The man who has been dubbed “Britain’s Unluckiest Man” is back in the hospital after falling down a manhole and injuring his knees, left leg and back. This is major accident number 16 for John Lyne, 54, who has survived a lifetime of close calls. Included in his trail of mishaps are being struck by lightning (twice!), surviving a rock-fall in a mine, nearly drowning and suffering three car crashes. As a child, Lyne fell of a horse and cart into the path of a delivery van. As a teenager he fell out of a tree and broke his arm, then broke it again when the bus which was taking him to the hospital crashed. “Everyone thinks it is just hilarious,” said Lyne. (Ananova)