Czech Crash Victim Wakes Up Speaking Perfect English

This sounds like something right out of 'The Bourne Identity'. A Czech speedway driver who was knocked unconscious in a crash stunned ambulance drivers when he woke up speaking perfect English.

The 18-year-old, Matej Kus, was out cold for 45 minutes after the crash, but when he woke up he conversed fluidly in English with paramedics, even speaking in an English accent.

The teen had just begun to study the language and his skills were described by friends and team-mates as "basic at best" before the crash.

Peter Waite, the promoter for Kus' team known as the Berwick Bandits, told a UK paper: "I couldn't believe what I was hearing It was in a really clear English accent, no dialect or anything. Whatever happened in the crash must have rearranged things in his head."

"Before his crash Matej's use of the English language was broken, to put it mildly. He was only just making a start on improving it and struggled to be understood, but was keen to learn. Yet here we were at the ambulance door listening to Matej talking to the medical staff in perfect English."

"Matej didn't have a clue who or where he was when he came round. He didn't even know he was Czech. It was unbelievable."

Unfortunately, the speedway driver's new found skills didn't last and he now remembers nothing of the accident or the following two days.

He told the paper, through an interpreter, he couldn't believe it either: "It's unbelievable that I was speaking English like that, especially without an accent. Hopefully I can pick English up over the winter for the start of next season so I'll be able to speak it without someone having to hit me over the head first."

"There must be plenty of the English language in my subconscious so hopefully I'll be able to pick it up quickly next time."

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