'Catfish' host Nev Schulman hit by truck, grateful to be alive

Aug. 12 (UPI) -- A truck struck Nev Schulman while he was riding his bike, the Catfish host shared on social media over the weekend.

Schulman was en route to his son's school Aug. 5 when the incident occurred, leaving him with a broken neck.

"C5 and C6 to be exact," he wrote on Instagram. "Stable fractures. I'm not paralyzed. My hands were a question mark there for a minute but the human body is incredible and so are humans."

He offered gratitude for the medical professionals who provided care, adding, "It's hard to feel sorry for myself when I hear from the doctors about how many people with similar injuries will never walk again."

He shared a photo carousel on Instagram that begins with a trigger warning.

"The following slides contain images of medical trauma and severe injury. If this stuff is unsettling, I totally understand, please don't swipe!"

The images are snippets of Schulman's hospital stay -- an X-ray of his neck, an embrace with his kids.

Schulman, who started hosting Catfish in 2012 following the 2010 film of the same name , said he was thankful the crash occurred when it did.

"I was alone on impact," he wrote. "Me and the truck. And then I guess the pavement. I was alone and unconscious. And then conscious."

He shared that he was happy he'd had a pleasant fishing day with his family the day before the wreck, and there is a photo from that trip in his social media post.

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He and his wife , Laura Perlongo, have a seven-year-old daughter, five-year-old son and two-year-old son.

"I'm lucky to be here, alive, standing and hugging my family, projected to make a full recovery," he said. "And I'm really starting to understand the meaning of gratitude. For the big and little things before the accident, and now everything moving forward."