TV star Marc Summers recovering after car accident destroyed half of his face



Food Network star Marc Summers is lucky to be alive after a terrifying car accident destroyed the left hand side of his face.



The 60-year-old TV personality was riding in a taxi in Philadelphia last week after shooting an episode of his hit show Unwrapped.



But torrential downpour caused the vehicle to hydroplane and Summers smashed into the plastic partition between the driver and the backseat of the cab.



Host: Marc Summers sits in front of the camera during a Food Network program

‘Everything on the left side [of my face] from my eye socket down was just wiped out,’ he told PEOPLE .



‘My eye socket got all swollen. I'm having trouble seeing completely out of the left eye ... There's lots of titanium and screws in my face. '

Summers was rushed to hospital and underwent a four-hour operation with a plastic surgeon.



‘I was pretty lucky that I didn't have brain damage,’ he said.

Injured: Summers was rushed to hospital after the horrific accident and underwent hours of surgery

Thankful: Summers took to his Twitter account to thank his fans and inform them that his pain was subsiding each day

Although the host cannot recall much about the accident, Summers said he can remember the frightening moments leading up to it.



'I knew when [the driver] lost control that I was in trouble,' he told PEOPLE.



'I was on the phone with my supervising producer and I said, "Oh my God, we're going to crash!" Next thing I knew, I woke up and had blood all over me.'

But despite Summers' horrific injuries, he is expected to make a full recovery in a few months.



He took to his Twitter account to thank his fans and inform them that his pain was subsiding each day.