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A high-speed crash left filmmaker Neil Graham with a broken collarbone and a story that sounded almost too odd to be true. He recounted the accident and a surreal ambulance moment on Episode 18 of the Bore and Stoke podcast.
Crash at the end of the straight
Graham had invited friends, family and neighbors to watch him race. Near the end of the main straight, he tangled with another rider and the bike flipped.
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The collision happened at roughly 120 mph. Graham walked away with a broken collarbone and a destroyed motorcycle. EMTs arrived and began the usual checks for head injuries.
A disorienting exchange in the ambulance
While medics were checking him, they asked routine questions to assess his condition. Graham described one exchange that left him bewildered: “One of the first things they’ll often do is ask you your name,” he said. “The guy goes to me, ‘What’s your name?’ And I say, ‘Neil Graham.’ He looks at me kind of strange and goes, ‘I’m Neil Graham, too.'”
That coincidence unsettled him. As the ambulance moved, Graham remembered thinking, “Am I dead? And is everyone named Neil?” The confusion continued when he entered the building and asked two women, “Are you guys Neil Graham, too?” They answered no. Graham said that moment made him realize, “Oh, I am alive. I am alive.”
Reality and storytelling
Graham, who works as a documentary filmmaker, reflected on why the episode stayed with him. He told the podcast those bizarre real-life beats are more compelling than anything scripted. “You could never write that in a script because it would be too cheesy,” he laughed. “The truth is stranger than fiction.”
He shared the full account on Episode 18 of the Bore and Stoke podcast.
