1.   Lancashire will make a late fitness check on Orrell hooker Neil Hitchen, who is recovering from a neck injury.

2.   Several congressmen went home with black eyes and serious neck injuries.

3.   Whiplash, a neck injury, is a result of automobile collisions.

4.   He had to retire with a neck injury in the second half.

5.   Happily, his neck injuries were not serious.

6.   PC John Purnell suffered neck injuries in the crash.

7.   Sixteen of them were taken to hospital with whiplash neck injuries -- others were treated at the scene of the accident for cuts and bruises.

8.   Also coming back is defensive tackle Jerry Drake, who suffered a neck injury in training camp that required a fusion and cost him the season.

9.   And Schepsis said spinal injuries are rare in hockey compared to football, where opponents often charge at one another head-down, increasing risk of neck injury.

10.   At the time, life expectancy after a serious neck injury was six years, Hayes said, but he survived through participation in wheelchair athletics.