An Andy Murray fan who was left fighting for his life after being hit by a four-tonne van was at the front of the Wimbledon queue a day after being released from hospital.
Graeme Durno, originally from Aberdeen, who suffered a fractured pelvis and bleed on the brain, said he was determined to make the Championships even if it killed him.
Distraught at the idea of not making it to SW19, the painter and decorator, who is still on morphine, was ready to discharge himself halfway through his month-long hospital stay.
Speaking from his wheelchair at the front of the queue, Mr Durno said: "I told them 'even if it kills me, I'm going to Wimbledon'.
"I was ready to discharge myself two weeks ago. That is when I started saying 'look, I am going'.
"I was looking forward to getting here at the beginning of the Championships, but there was no way."
The 54-year-old left hospital on Tuesday, and after getting £100 and a ticket from a friend caught the train from his home in Bournemouth to Wimbledon, before wheeling himself the final stretch to Wimbledon Park and the queue for a chance to watch the match from Henman Hill.
Still with his hospital ID wristbands on, he arrived without a tent but was given one by fellow Murray Maniacs.
Mr Durno said: "I was happy to sleep on a bench to see Andy win the final."
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