Scots pop singer ­Darius Campbell is recovering from a broken neck after being involved in a high-speed car crash while on holiday in Spain.

The accident happened last Saturday when the Porsche in which he was a passenger skidded out of control at 70mph and smashed into a wall.

The Popstar To Operastar winner, formerly known as Darius Danesh, said: “It was absolutely terrifying. I thought that was going to be it.

“My life flashed before my eyes and I thought I was going to die.”

Darius, 29, and his two friends were able to walk away from wreck, but the star collapsed moments later.

He said: “I don’t remember the impact – it all happened so fast and I felt very dazed afterwards. The last thing I remember was being thrown forwards. Before I knew it, I had got out of the car, but I hit the ground and I couldn’t feel my arms and my legs.”

Paramedics took the Glasgow-born singer to the Hospital Costa Del Sol, where it was discovered he had broken the third vertebrae in his neck. He spent three days in a neck brace unable to move.

Darius was told by ­doctors that if the injury had been only millimetres to the left he could have been paralysed.

Now recuperating at his family’s home in Bearsden, he said: “I’m lucky to be alive. I’m feeling much better but I still have a neck brace.”

Darius now faces the possibility of an operation which he fears could ­damage his vocal cords and end his career. He said: “I hope the vertebrae heal on their own. But if that doesn’t happen, they would have to operate.

“I want to put the op off for a few weeks and hope the damage heals.”

The singer remains optimistic he will perform at the Glasgow Show 2010 on ­Saturday.