BACK FROM THE BRINK

Lee eyes return after horror bike smash

- by JON LEES

CLIFFORD LEE is planning a return to action in March after surviving a motorbike accident that could have killed him.

The 29-year-old’s first Group One-winning season came to an abrupt halt in October when he landed heavily on his head during a family break in Scotland.

Lee, who was suspended from riding at the time, broke his C1 vertebra in four places and had a blood clot at the back of his neck. He had to be given a tracheostomy to enable him to breathe and spent two days in a coma.