Forklift driver who won 1m on rushed to hospital after three months of partying'

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"A forklift driver who became an instant millionaire after buying a winning scratchcard was rushed to hospital after spending three months partying. Adam Lopez, aged 39, from Mattishall, near Norwich, saw his bank balance rocket from 12.40 to 1,000,012.40 after winning the top prize on a scratchcard purchased from a corner shop in Hellesdon, in July. But after quitting his job, he said his life became an "absolute rollercoaster, with three months of partying and a loss of all structure in his life. His celebrations came to an end when he was taken by ambulance to hospital with a bilateral pulmonary embolism on 10 September. "I couldn't walk, I couldn't breathe. I rang the ambulance, I got wheeled into the ambulance from my house and the biggest life-changing thing I had was laying in the back of that ambulance and hearing the sirens," he told the BBC."

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