A retired Baywatch actor who cheated death in a horror paragliding accident proposed to the kind nurse who treated him - in the same hospital room where they met.

The footage, filmed on May 28, shows the athlete lying down on the bed before springing out revealing his intentions to propose to the nurse.

Damien Leroy, 37, was seriously injured when his paragliding apparatus spun out of control forcing him to take a 100ft leap from the sky in Juniper, Florida, USA.

The former world champion kiteboarder was rushed to St Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach in July 2016 where he met trauma team nurse Alex Hoover, 29.

Damien was lucky to survive the frightening accident, in which he shattered his femur, pelvis and sternum, tore an artery, punctured his lungs and broke four ribs.

A retired Baywatch actor who cheated death in a horror paragliding accident proposed to the kind nurse who treated him - in the same hospital room where they met.

Damien Leroy, 37, was seriously injured when his paragliding apparatus spun out of control forcing him to take a 100ft leap from the sky in Juniper, Florida, USA.

The former world champion kite boarder was rushed to St Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach in July 2016 where he met trauma team nurse Alex Hoover, 29.

Damien was lucky to survive the frightening accident, in which he shattered his femur, pelvis and sternum, tore an artery, punctured his lungs and broke four ribs.