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A Czech speedway rider was knocked out cold during a race and woke up speaking perfect English. Matej Kus, 18, could barely speak a word of English before he came off his bike and another rider drove over his head. He was out cold for 45 minutes then came round and asked paramedics where he was and what had happened - in a posh English voice.

According to Metro, Matej had arrived in Britain only the day before. He lost his memory for 48 hours, and as soon as it returned he lost the ability to speak English.

He said through an interpreter: “There must be some English deep in my head but obviously I needed a bang on the head and a crash for it to come out. Hopefully I can pick some English up so I’ll be able to speak it without someone having to hit me over the head.”

Doctors say he suffered from the extremely rare Foreign Accent Syndrome (a case of which occurred in the North East last year)- caused by a stroke or a blow to the head which damages the parts of the brain that control speech.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .