'We're asking for help to bring our boy home to Manchester so he's not alone as he fights for his life'

[Lemonltr]

12 minutes ago, BestB said:

Sad, but this means not only he was riding no helmet but was also on the phone.

 

Putting that aside, and no travel insurance, what i do not understand is why truck insurance is not paying?  Why police are not forcing truck owner to pay?

So far we only have one version of the accident. Possibly the truck driver was not at fault. 

[Lemsta69]

8 minutes ago, Nicholas Paul KNIGHT said:

Again sadly the dangers of NO ensuring you have adequate Insurance when on holiday to replaying itself out

Nonsense. He'd been drinking with the lads and was riding without a helmet and using his phone. No insurance company in their right mind would offer a travel policy that converted such an event and if they did the premiums would be prohibitively expensive. That's Underwriting 101.

[BananaStrong]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

horrific motorbike crash in Thailand

How many times must we tell everyone.......MOTORBIKES are very, very, very, very dangerous and the euphoria you have will not equal the pain after you crash.  You will crash, it's just a matter of when, not IF.  

 

sorry, if people read my posts and listened I could save lives!!!!

[orchis]

again?

[giddyup]

1 hour ago, John Drake said:

What can you say?

Have a friend who comes from Australia every year for holiday, always rents a motorbike (has licence and wears a helmet) but this year he gave the bike back early, said after a couple of near misses that he realised how easy it would be to end up a vegetable.

[BestB]

26 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Perhaps the family's secondhand version of events, designed solely to get money, isn't quite accurate and the other driver wasn't at fault.

OP says was hit by a speeding truck, hence why the question why truck is not paying.

[KhunLA]

hmm...

... drinking

... no helmet

... no insurance

... leave 5 kids in UK, only 32 yrs old

... with GF on int'l holiday

... family at side, instead of home, saving money, selling something or borrowing on their assets, as he is in a coma, so useless to be here

 

Not winning much sympathy, as life seems to be filled with irresponsibility, that has now caught up to him.  2 weeks in a coma isn't looking too good.

 

Their donation link sucks, not that I was going to contribute, just curious what & if they are close to their goal.

 

 

 

 

[Petethefeet]

I am in koh lanta at the moment. Many locals and tourists on motorbikes not wearing helmets. Some on phones. Some appear to be driving too fast. I have been here 10 days and haven't seen a policeman. 

[NoDisplayName]

28 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Because it wasn't his fault.

It wasn't?  All his family claimed was

 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

he was ploughed into by a pick up truck in the early hours

That doesn't tell us what happened, or which lane the motorbike was in.  Nothing there to assign fault.  And this is a one-sided report from the family.  If the police report gave any indication of the pickup driver being at fault, surely that would have been included in the article.

 

All I get out of this is:

 

1.  out for a drink with the lads

2.  on his motorbike in the early hours

3.  no helmet

4.  on the phone

 

I wouldn't want to assume, but............

 

[KhunLA]

5 minutes ago, Petethefeet said:

I am in koh lanta at the moment. Many locals and tourists on motorbikes not wearing helmets. Some on phones. Some appear to be driving too fast. I have been here 10 days and haven't seen a policeman. 

It amazes me the amount (per capita) of farang tourist & expats ride without a helmet.  One guy locally has it strapped to his bike, but not his head.   I'd guess 75-90% of farangs I see here, don't where a helmet.

[moe666]

Plenty of young studs running around Chiang Mai with no helmet chasing their dream hopefully they will not end up in the hospital.

[Liverpool Lou]

11 minutes ago, BestB said:

39 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Perhaps the family's secondhand version of events, designed solely to get money, isn't quite accurate and the other driver wasn't at fault.

OP says was hit by a speeding truck, hence why the question why truck is not paying.

Where did the information in the OP come from...the family (and the MEN)!   Perhaps the family's secondhand version of events, designed solely to get money, isn't quite accurate and the other driver wasn't at fault.

[Liverpool Lou]

6 minutes ago, NoDisplayName said:

44 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Because it wasn't his fault.

It wasn't?  All his family claimed was

Of course, they did, they're scrounging money from the public! How could they know who was at fault, was he describing it all to them on the phone as he was riding the motorbike, unhelmeted?

[ignore it]

Bummer.

But...

No respect for his own life.

No pity from me.

 

Good luck dude.

Next time be more responsible, wear a helmet, be mindful you got kids and a fam. Don't drink and drive. Don't go Larkin about when you should be home looking for work.

 

[shackleton]

Motor bike not wearing a helmet accident involving 

 tourists 

Seems to be happening a lot here  in Thailand 

Feel sorry for the Family now  having  to sort out the financial cost of his medical bills and getting him back to the UK 

Hope he recovers and they have success in their quest ???? 

 

[Ginner]

52 minutes ago, John Drake said:

These sort of stories so often seem to be about the British. Do other nationalities get in the same situation, in a hospital, unable to pay, and seeking to get home?  Or is it we just don't see stories in Chinese, Russian, or French language media? 

Usually because the Russian, Chinese and European press don't see any interest in articles such as these. The British press would make a story out of a Brocken toe nail, especially where Thailand is involved. Ha!. Remember" Thai citizens living and working in the UK have access to FREE medical care.

[Bazerino]

There's a few heartless comments as usual for the misfortune of others, but they are probably the kind of people that think they are so perfect, but just remember that anyone of us can be wiped out or maimed for life in an instance,

even more so if you live here permanently, but in the unlikely event of it happening to you or your family or friends, don't be looking for much sympathy on here.....

[OneMoreFarang]

Imagine a Thai person in a similar situation. Would anybody write about that? Or is it just another day in Thailand? 

[Tbone999]

Luckily, the thai government will step in with their new insurance scheme for charging 300baht for every foreigner coming into the country.

[Liverpool Lou]

7 minutes ago, Ginner said:

Thai citizens living and working in the UK have access to FREE medical care.

Not always, there are qualifications and there are exceptions.

[John Drake]

2 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Imagine a Thai person in a similar situation. Would anybody write about that? Or is it just another day in Thailand? 

A Thai would have a government hospital at least. And they wouldn't need to be flown back home.

[Bazerino]

13 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

It amazes me the amount (per capita) of farang tourist & expats ride without a helmet.  One guy locally has it strapped to his bike, but not his head.   I'd guess 75-90% of farangs I see here, don't where a helmet.

Yeh me too, I've seen a family of tourists on a scooter with a small child, no helmets I really don't get it......

[CM Dad]

Thirty-two years old and already with five children, so he decides to "follow his dream" and come to Thailand looking for work.  Once here he rides a motorbike without a helmet while out drinking with friends and is involved in an accident while riding the bike and talking on his phone.  He sounds like a really responsible guy.  He wasn't smart enough to wear either a condom or a helmet.  I'm sorry about his current condition, but people often create their problems when they act without thinking.  His mother should be more concerned about her five grandchildren.  

[Mark mark]

1 hour ago, BestB said:

Sad, but this means not only he was riding no helmet but was also on the phone.

 

Putting that aside, and no travel insurance, what i do not understand is why truck insurance is not paying?  Why police are not forcing truck owner to pay?

Because they are not the ones that are at fault ??? ...

[ezzra]

I don't know, but if my child/sone/daughter was in this situation I'd go and sell a kidney or sell my car to help him rather than beg strangers for donations, but this is me.

[jacko45k]

9 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Where did the information in the OP come from...the family (and the MEN)!   Perhaps the family's secondhand version of events, designed solely to get money, isn't quite accurate and the other driver wasn't at fault.

On the 'GoFund Me ' page this phrase, which seems to be absent elsewhere is included.

'was hit by a drunk driver travelling at high speed.' 

[CFCol]

Yet again a tourists family expecting strangers to pay for their family members lack of common sense.

No insurance, no helmet,driving a scooter,(probably without a full license),

In the early hours of the morning,(possibly over the limit).

I live on Samui and see this kind of begging letter frequently. I feel sorry for his kids, but dad should have been more responsible.

 

 

 

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[ezzra]

I don't know, but if my child/son/daughter was in this situation I'd go and sell a kidney or sell my car to help him rather than beg strangers for donations, but this is me.

[jacko45k]

Just now, ezzra said:

I don't know, but if my child/sone/daughter was in this situation I'd go and sell a kidney or sell my car to help him rather than beg strangers for donations, but this is me.

Might not be enough.......

I hope a Manchester City or United player learns of his plight and donates a fraction of 1 game's pay.

[Mark mark]

6 minutes ago, John Drake said:

A Thai would have a government hospital at least. And they wouldn't need to be flown back home.

... And they are covered by the Compulsory Third Party Personal Insurance, that all the Drivers have I think. ... My Grand daughter just used this system, and it is not bad for an Over Crowded Poorer Country. ... (Well one that are lucky to have a well organized, and the Cheap Government Hospital and just Great, but very poorly paid Doctors and Nurses to go with it. ...

 

I get my Skin Cancers cut off in our Government hospital on Monday. I must figure out a Direct way of being able to Donate to them !!! ???