EDDIE'S BRAVE RECOVERY

EDDIE MAY remembers the scene as clear as day. In many ways he wishes he didn't.

- BY FRASER WILSON

He can't go into the specifics of the incident because it remains a live case going through the legal system.

But the Hibs assistant knows the one detail that matters more than anything is that he is still alive.

And for that, the 57-year-old insists he is lucky. Very lucky.

Fortunate his regular drive to Hibs Training Centre on the morning of February 19 didn't end in tragedy.

May was taken to hospital after being involved in a horror two-vehicle smash on the A68 near Pathhead, Midlothian, just after 7.30am on what began as a routine Wednesday morning.

A 29-year-old man was later charged with a road traffic offence.

Father-of-four May said: "I was conscious the whole time... but sometimes you are maybe better off not knowing what's just happened. It wasn't pleasant."

That daily commute to Hibs' HQ in East Lothian from his home in the Borders was no trek.

But the road back to full fitness has been a long one.

A journey that is far from over not least because of the flashbacks and the fact he regularly has to pass the scene of the horrifying smash.

The former Hibs, Falkirk, Brentford, Motherwell and Dunfermline midfielder returned to his job full-time on June 20 and is close to recovering from his physical injuries.

But the mental scars might never be completely wiped.