Tyrone Dobbs has been part of a dramatic Coronation Street storyline recently (Image: ITV)

Coronation Street viewers were left shocked recently when Tyrone Dobbs was dramatically revealed to have been the victim of a hit and run accident.

The ITV cobbles favourite and mechanic has been left with life-changing injuries after he was hit by a car which swerved to avoid teenager Betsy Swain outside Weatherfield precinct.

It was recently revealed that the mechanic has suffered a severe spinal injury and is facing a long road to recovery, emotionally telling wife Fiz that he can’t feel or move his legs.

And whilst the family struggle to come to terms with what the future holds, police have turned their attention to finding the driver of the car that inflicted the horrific injury.

Coronation Street has worked with the charity, Spinal Injuries Association, who have helped advise the production team(Image: ITV)

Amidst the new storyline, soap watchers have been left worried about Tyrone and his future on the cobbles. However, This Morning soap expert Sharon Marshall had the answer on Wednesday’s episode of the ITV chat show.

Host Cat Deeley asked: “So will Tyrone be okay?” to which Sharon, 53, confirmed: “Well, a long-running story, a long-running story about recovery…”, confirming Tyrone will be on the cobbles for the foreseeable.

It comes as Carl Webster was revealed to be the driver behind the hit and run in a sinister flashback. In more sickening scenes, Carl set fire to the car and even visited Tyrone in hospital.

It comes as Alan Halsall, who has played Tyrone since 1998, opened up about the storyline. The charity, Spinal Injuries Association, have helped advise the production team on the portrayal of Tyrone’s storyline following his accident.

Alan said: “Sometimes people get to read about your storylines going forward in the press, but obviously this one isn’t, and I think it will have caught people by surprise.

Tyrone Dobbs was caught in a hit and run(Image: ITV)

“We are ten weeks on from filming it and no one knew. Obviously no one was expecting it to be Tyrone that actually got hit in the end, so I think it would have been a real shock. It’s always good to keep the audience on their toes. I look forward to watching it and seeing people’s reactions.”

He added: “As you can probably imagine, Tyrone’s first thoughts are confusion. He can’t really remember what’s happened, he doesn’t know why he’s in the hospital. And then as he’s coming round and he’s clearly in lots of pain, he has this realisation that something isn’t quite right and he can’t feel his legs. There’s just a hell of a lot of fear, wondering how he’s got there, why he’s feeling like this. He is terrified.”

Talking about the future, Alan said: “I think overall there’s just this fear and trepidation of what this is going to bring and how his life is going to look after this accident. He will want to be strong for the family but that is going to be difficult.”

He added: “Initially, there is a concern that he might not get up at all. There’s real fear there, and not just fear from Tyrone but fear from Fiz and the kids and his mum and gran. They don’t know if he’ll walk again or how life is going to look going forward. But he knows they will all try to stick together and face what the future holds.”

Coronation Street continues on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8pm on ITV and ITV X.