Canadian ri🍒der Brett McCormick has confirmed he was pushed wide by reigning World Superbik♌e champion Carlos Checa, triggering his heavy accident at Assen.

The 20-year-old Effenbert-Liberty Ducati competitor has provided an update on his injuries form his hospital bed in the Netherlands🧸 in a radio interview with a Canadian broadcaster.

McCormick - who was riding in only his second World Superbike meeting - fell 11th position on the ninth lap of the second race a🗹nd suffered spine, eye, hand and face injuries.

McCormick, who has received 'good news' on the extent of his injuries, told Canadian radio station CBC.ca: "When the race started it was still damp but we went out on slick t🥂yres and half-way through the race the trꦑack was quite dry.

"I got passed by another rider [Checa] in a really fast corn𝓀er and didn't see him until the very last second," he recalled.

"He came up the inside of me right in the middle of the corner and I had to re-adjust the trajectory of my bike, pushing me a lot wider in the turn and I went off the track onto the astroturf at the side of t♛he track, which was still really wet.

"[I don't remember] anything really, apart from get♒ting pushed wide on the track and thinking about the best way to get back onto the track, but as soon as I left the track surface the bike went sideways and thr🃏ew me off. I don't really remember anything after that.

"I just remember comin🦩g to and realising where I was in the 🧸medical centre."

On his injuries, McCormick revealed he he sustained no pe📖rmanent damage and is waiting to be given the all-clear to return home.

"Every day it's getting a little bit better for me. There's a lot of ♋soreness setting in but I'm receivingꦛ a lot of good news regarding the injuries, so I'm just waiting around until I find out when I can fly home.

"I h😼ave no n🧸erve damage and every part of my body is working correctly. I don't have any internal organ damage from the crash or any nerve damage along my spine," he said.

"The C5 is broken in my neck, which is a pretty scary one to break, so I came away from it pretty lucky; I've a few cracked vertebrae in my mid-back also, so I'm really sore and jus﷽t trying to be careful - I'm not moving much right now."

McCormick has no reservations about returning to action as soon as he rega༺ins full fit🍬ness, claiming the crash was not of his own making.

"It was a crash that wasn't my fault because I got pushed wide by another ride🌳r. I'd ride the b🦩ike today if I could."