The parents of a North East influencer and pub owner have landed in the hospital after a freak accident involving a wheelchair.

Christine and Graham Harker, the parents of Craig Harker, the controversial but well-loved food vlogger and owner of The George Pub and Grill, have spent the last few nights recovering from a fall.

Graham, who is also a popular food vlogger, was told to go to the hospital as a matter of urgency after experiencing issues with his kidneys. 

But when his wife, Christine, was pushing him into North Tees Hospital in a wheelchair, she lost control of the chair, resulting in both of them having a severe fall. 

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Craig explained: "The wheelchair was going faster and faster as my mum lost control of it. It tipped over backwards, and my dad landed on top of my mum."

Graham said: "My wife fell, and I did a summersault over in my chair and landed on top of her - which isn't good no matter who you are.

"Suddenly, she is screaming in pain so suddenly we have eight or ten hospital staff around us. She got a bed faster than I did, and they gave her plenty of morphine. I got a bed around 3:10 am." 

"It's unbelievable - Christine ended up in hospital too, even though she only came to bring me."

Christine suffered no broken bones but is struggling to move after injuring her neck, shoulder, and coxyxx, as well as dealing with intense spells of dizziness. 

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The pair were originally brought into the hospital by Mr Vegas's kidney issues, which were thought to be the result of previously undiagnosed type one diabetes. 

However, doctors have told the family that might not be the case, as Graham has made a "miraculous recovery".

He has since signed himself out of hospital after being unable to get any sleep on the wards, but Christine is still receiving treatment in hospital. 

When Craig, their son took to social media to tell the family's fans about his parent's hospitalisation, people were quick to show their support. 

This comes at quite an unfortunate time for the family - only a day before the couple was checked into hospital, they celebrated Graham's birthday. 

The couple also had to celebrate a wedding anniversary whilst in the hospital, and recently returned from a health tourism holiday to Turkey, where they had dental work. 

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