Dad told he will ‘never walk again’ after bike crash while visiting daughter in Thailand | 0TV6868 | 2024-02-14 11:08:01
Dad told he will 'never walk again' after bike crash while visiting daughter in Thailand | 0TV6868 | 2024-02-14 11:08:01
A British tourist saw his dream vacation turn right into a nightmare after a horror motorcycle crash.
Lee Francis, 54, was visiting his daughter in Thailand when the bike he was on together with his spouse crashed into a metallic barrier they usually have been thrown off the car.
He fractured his backbone in three locations and is now paralysed from the waist down. He was informed the one cause he survived was because he was sporting a helmet.
Speaking from hospital in Cardiff after being flown residence on a stretcher, Lee stated: 'It was quite traumatising being in hospital in Thailand.
'I used to be in a variety of excruciating pain, especially the primary hospital I was in, and I had a bit of trauma coming house on the aircraft. Back in Wales, particularly on this ward, they're phenomenal and have been really good to me.
'I've had loads of checks they usually have continued to sadly give me the analysis that I couldn't walk again.
'It's going to be a little bit of an extended process and it's devastating news as you possibly can imagine.'
Lee additionally suffered damaged ribs and bruising to his lungs, and whereas he was in hospital in Thailand developed a lung condition and was put on a ventilator for every week before he might be flown residence.
His daughter Katie Francis, who has been travelling around the globe together with her companion for six months, told Sky News: 'We have been driving back to the villa and all I keep in mind is the street circumstances have been actually dusty.
'We have been truly going actually quite sluggish because a minibus overtook us and then swiftly I just heard an enormous bang.
'I rotated and I noticed my dad and my stepmother principally slam into a metallic barrier together with the street.'
She stated witnessing the crash was 'so traumatic' and when Lee stated he couldn't feel his legs right away, everybody 'type of knew' what had happened.
Katie has since scrapped the remainder of her travel plans to stay at residence together with her family.
Lee's wife Claire suffered concussion and facial accidents, which she is presently at house recovering from.
The dad, who's from Church Village in Rhondda Cynon Taf, stated: 'She has been very tearful and emotional.
'She supported me for days and days in the hospital, but now I haven't seen her for 3 or four days because she will't are available. She's going by means of it emotionally.'
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Lee has since warned individuals to put on protecting gear while driving motorbikes and to think twice about getting the suitable journey insurance.
His household is now raising money on GoFundMe to help them pay for their house to be tailored for a wheelchair. It had raised greater than £10,000 on the time of publication.
Lee, who loves sport, stated he's 'overwhelmed' by individuals's generosity thus far and is already considering ahead to the longer term.
'If I'm in a wheelchair, perhaps I can still help out with an area basketball club, hopefully coaching,' he added.
'It might be a dream however I don't understand how succesful I'm going to be.'
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