Ryan Connor will be left fighting for his life after a car chase which leaves one person dead in upcoming dramatic scenes on Coronation Street.
In Friday night's double episode of the ITV soap, Ryan (Ryan Prescott) will flee the cobbles with his mum Michelle (Kym Marsh) and brother Ali (James Burrows) as he tries to escape drug dealer Ronan who is hellbent on revenge for Ryan's part in his son Cormac's death.
As the family drive away they realise Ronan is following them, and Michelle has no choice but to floor it with Ronan in hot pursuit.
When the engine of their car suddenly dies as its been tampered with the Connors become sitting ducks.
Ryan gets out of the car and Ronan drives straight at him..
Corrie bosses have revealed the car chase will leave one person dead and two injured.
Actor Ryan Prescott says he was pleased when he read the scripts for the high-octane scenes even though it isn't clear if his character survives.
He said: "In this industry as a an actor you've got to be grateful for whatever comes your way.
"When you look at the story and when you first see that in the script you go 'OK, they could be killing me off here' but you've kind of got to take it as it comes."
"There's such a natural gratitude to be there anyway so when a storyline comes up like this you're less thinking 'oh no, I'm getting killed off' and you're more thinking 'oh, I'm actually getting to be part of such a big storyline so soon' which you can only be grateful for, and having some real juicy and punchy material is nice."
A stunt double was used for the scene where Ronan drives directly at Ryan, but Prescott said he filmed some of the action himself.
"We built a rig around Ronan's car so I got to stand at the front of the rig where the bonnet was and they would get up to speed, which is only 12mph but when you're on the outside of the car it's plenty fast enough!", he said.....
"Once they got up to speed I had to throw myself up against the windscreen and fall off to the side into the padding of the rig they built around it."
He added: "I think Ryan's a great character. He is one of those people where his heart's in the right place but through his own insecurities or one way or another his choices always wind up in some kind of tragic fatality."
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