'Crucial' 48 hours for Harvey

Pop star Brian Harvey faces a "crucial" next 48 hours in his fight for life after a bizarre car accident.

The former East 17 singer was today said to have spoken briefly to doctors at Whipps Cross Hospital, who do not believe he has suffered any brain damage.

Harvey, 30, who has been slipping in and out of consciousness, was taken to intensive care with multiple fractures and severe abdominal injuries after falling under his own car.

The accident happened in the early hours of yesterday.

His agent Simon Harrison, said: "He is still on the critical list and in intensive care after undergoing surgery for around seven hours. He is said to be stable but the next 48 hours will be crucial to his long term recovery from this."

According to witnesses Harvey was reversing his Mercedes down a cul-de-sac just a mile from his Walthamstow home when he clipped a parked car and was thrown from the vehicle.

Dismissing suggestions that Harvey had tried to commit suicide after two previous attempts, Mr Harrison said: "The kid has suffered from depression and been in a bad way, but he was on the way up." His ex-girlfriend, Emma B, has been at his bedside.