Englishman fights for his life after motorbike crash in Phuket, Thailand

[snoop1130]

Photo via GoFundMe

 

A young Englishman is fighting for his life in the hospital after losing a significant amount of blood in a horror motorbike crash in Phuket, southern Thailand, on Monday, May 1.

 

The tourist, 25 year old Liam Kilby from Liverpool, was on holiday in Phuket with friends when he crashed into a shopfront.

 

After suffering blood loss and falling into cardiac arrest, Kilby remains in a coma at Vachira Phuket Hospital. Doctors diagnosed him with post-cardiac arrest syndrome and rhabdomyolysis – or kidney failure.

 

Kilby’s family said they are finding out more details day by day but feel “helpless” and “traumatised” by the news.

 

His 23 year old sister Molly said…

 

“Liam was on holiday in Phuket, Thailand, when he got into an accident riding a motorbike out on the roads. We don’t know the full story as Liam is still in a coma but presume he swerved to avoid a pothole. He ended up going through a shop window and the mirror outside of it, which smashed and cut Liam across his throat, causing an 8cm long wound. He also had chunks of glass sticking in his head, his face, his hands, everywhere.

 

“His friend pulled the glass out of his throat thinking it would help, and the blood all went down… An ambulance was called and he died in the back of the ambulance from blood loss but was resuscitated thankfully. This has left him with “post-cardiac arrest syndrome” which is incredibly serious.”

 

Liam underwent surgery in Phuket to stitch his throat and a second surgery on his kidneys…

 

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[BigStar]

It's the ol' "swerved to avoid a pothole." No mention of the mythical "fine print" on the insurance policy. Or of any insurance policy.

 

Horrific, though. May he survive.

 

Good luck w/ that GFM. Our Brits band together and create a Provident Fund for their many uninsured countrymen crashing their motorbikes in Thailand and ending up on breathing tubes.

[harleyclarkey]

Forget about the usual GFM or posts on riding bikes in Thailand I hate to see this poor lad in such a terrible shape ... its looks like his recovery is, very sadly, doubtful. 

Full sympathies to Liam and his family. 

[spidermike007]

Sounds like he is in very bad shape. What a nightmare for his family. 

 

Bizarre that his friends pull glass out of his throat. That is basic medic 101 stuff. Never remove an object from the throat, without the help of a medical  expert. Never, ever. 

 

Wonder what the actual circumstances were. The pothole story has alot of holes in it. Was he a skilled driver? Was he wearing a high quality helmet? Was he sober? Was another vehicle involved? So many questions. 

[steven100]

poor young man, very tragic accident,  hope he recovers fully and realizes the danger of riding a bike in Thailand. We prey he has the strength to get well.

[Jonathan Swift]

Ever since people rode on two wheels there has been this sort of carnage, and that is everywhere, not just here. One dumb mistake, yours or the other guy’s, is all it takes. Poor guy, and his family. I no longer make my mistakes on two wheels, but something will get me sooner or later

[Jonathan Swift]

1 minute ago, steven100 said:

poor young man, very tragic accident,  hope he recovers fully and realizes the danger of riding a bike in Thailand. We prey he has the strength to get well.

It’s the same everywhere, not just here. I don’t think crashing your bike through a plate glass window has anything to do with where it happened, it has to do with him driving through a plate glass window.

[Jonathan Swift]

Rhabdomyolysis (also called rhabdo) is a condition in which damaged skeletal muscle breaks down rapidly. Symptoms may include muscle pains, weakness, vomiting, and confusion.There may be tea-colored urine or an irregular heartbeat. Some of the muscle breakdown products, such as the protein myoglobin, are harmful to the kidneys and can cause acute kidney injury. The muscle damage is mostly caused by a crush injury, strenuous exercise, medications, or a substance use disorder.

[RichardColeman]

Murdered Brits. Brit in hospital - TAT must be working overtime to promote Thailand in the UK now

[kwilco]

How many more this year before people realise there is a serious problem.

It's no good for the "told-you-so" brigade bemoaning a lack of insurance.

Thailand has a responsibility for the safety of visitors and there needs to be a system in place to deal with people with no i=or insufficient insurance - this WILL happen again and again.

Hospitals need to know they will get paid and then either the victims, their families or a fund needs to be brought in to finance this. THe first thing is to sae lives - not keep people in stasis until the money turns up.

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

“His friend pulled the glass out of his throat thinking it would help, and the blood all went down…

Big mistake.

[Srikcir]

"pulling the glass out of his throat"

I wonder if some kind of 1st aid instruction could/should be given to rental motorbike riders on treatment of possible injuries that might prevent more damage, in this case severe blood loss with removal of glass lodged in throat? Should rental motorbikes include a 1st aid kit?

[Chongalulu]

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

Sounds like he is in very bad shape. What a nightmare for his family. 

 

Bizarre that his friends pull glass out of his throat. That is basic medic 101 stuff. Never remove an object from the throat, without the help of a medical  expert. Never, ever. 

 

Wonder what the actual circumstances were. The pothole story has alot of holes in it. Was he a skilled driver? Was he wearing a high quality helmet? Was he sober? Was another vehicle involved? So many questions. 

These are 20 somethings from Liverpool who’ve scraped together enough for a 'holiday of a lifetime " in Thailand. They’ll know nothing of such medical protocols. You can probably guess the answer to your questions ,especially'high quality helmet ". Sadly ,as regular repeat stories testify ,this is just another statistic sure to be repeated in the next few weeks….

[Bangkok Barry]

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

Wonder what the actual circumstances were. The pothole story has alot of holes in it. Was he a skilled driver? Was he wearing a high quality helmet? Was he sober? Was another vehicle involved? So many questions. 

Thinking there might be a pothole involved is very, very British as the number of them in the UK is a national and long-standing scandal. So it's natural that his sister might think that.

[Nicholas Paul KNIGHT]

50 minutes ago, kwilco said:

How many more this year before people realise there is a serious problem.

It's no good for the "told-you-so" brigade bemoaning a lack of insurance.

Thailand has a responsibility for the safety of visitors and there needs to be a system in place to deal with people with no i=or insufficient insurance - this WILL happen again and again.

Hospitals need to know they will get paid and then either the victims, their families or a fund needs to be brought in to finance this. THe first thing is to sae lives - not keep people in stasis until the money turns up.

Absolute B/Sit is the persons individual responsibility to ensure you are insured,not the host county. Tales of motorbicycle accidents are legendary and he problems of not being correctly insured. s with anything buyer beware, your life in in your hands. Failure could result in death  

[sikishrory]

50 minutes ago, kwilco said:

How many more this year before people realise there is a serious problem.

It's no good for the "told-you-so" brigade bemoaning a lack of insurance.

Thailand has a responsibility for the safety of visitors and there needs to be a system in place to deal with people with no i=or insufficient insurance - this WILL happen again and again.

Hospitals need to know they will get paid and then either the victims, their families or a fund needs to be brought in to finance this. THe first thing is to sae lives - not keep people in stasis until the money turns up.

A "system" like police doing their job enforcing road law would really help.

It's a strange concept but whenever I've rented vehicles in Australia they ask for a licence.

[Chongalulu]

50 minutes ago, kwilco said:

How many more this year before people realise there is a serious problem.

It's no good for the "told-you-so" brigade bemoaning a lack of insurance.

Thailand has a responsibility for the safety of visitors and there needs to be a system in place to deal with people with no i=or insufficient insurance - this WILL happen again and again.

Hospitals need to know they will get paid and then either the victims, their families or a fund needs to be brought in to finance this. THe first thing is to sae lives - not keep people in stasis until the money turns up.

In the end there’s no substitute for personal responsibility,you can’t expect Thailand to provide an all encompassing safety net for irresponsible behaviour. Even developed countries don’t provide that for tourists. The reason people come here is because it’s seen as an exciting developing country with opportunities to 'let your hair down' free of many of the strict protocols of their home country. Sometimes (quite often..) it goes wrong 

[sumongkhwai]

Been living on and off in Thailand for 15 years and would never ride a bike there. Same may feel otherwise and good on ya but, a bad spill, even with a proper helmet, will tear you up. Will only ride in 4 wheel vehicles and, if we tak a van, I want to talk to the driver first. Always makes me so nervous when the wife and sister in law just wat to make a run to 7 or get some grilled chicken/shrimp and Sam Song. It's not them I worry about, it's every other driver, just a straight up video game.

[Walker88]

I first wondered about the invasion of privacy involved in taking such a photo, but then went back to the image and saw "Photo via Go Fund Me".

 

Are there no bike accidents ever in the UK? I guess because he's a foreigner in Thailand, and a Caucasian one at that, it makes the news, but even in Thailand these tales are becoming almost a "dog bites man" sort of story. (I wonder if the accident victim was from, say, Nigeria, the story would get as much press and sympathy?)

 

Perhaps someone should make a compilation of them and put it in a video shown shortly before landing at Suvarnabhumi, and then set up a booth in the Suvarnabhumi lobby to sell insurance packages. Tourists might also benefit from being given a warning slip that says Thailand and its people/hospitals shall not be held responsible for the costs of medical care for the under or poorly insured.

 

Good luck to the guy.

[Purdey]

Thailand has no NHS like in the UK so no free medical help here for visitors. More similar to the USA, you will pay through the nose after an accident unless you have insurance that covers you completely. The fact that insurers aren't your friend means they won't pay if they aren't liable. No use crying over the cost. 

Why do these guys come and get on a motorbike with no experience and no helmet i don't know. They think they're indestructible. 

[ignore it]

Is 'go fund me' promoting motorcycle adventures in Thailand?

Edited May 9, 2023 by ignore it

[essex boys]

Well I hope the guy recovers from this accident, I’m going to guess he was an inexperienced rider, in the Uk scooters are limited to 50cc and a top speed of 30mph (48kmh) you have to pass a test if you want to ride anything over 50cc and l’art of that test is a course in riding skills in an enclosed compound and then in the road with trained instructors, so I guess he jumped straight onto a 125 cc scooter without much riding experience, no crash helmet and almost certainly not covered by his holiday insurance ( if he had any) because they normally exclude motorcycles and scooters from the policy….inexperienced riders will rent a scooter here and hope nothing happens to them, because they are on holiday…lessoned learned here.

[Yellowtail]

2 hours ago, kwilco said:

How many more this year before people realise there is a serious problem.

It's no good for the "told-you-so" brigade bemoaning a lack of insurance.

Thailand has a responsibility for the safety of visitors and there needs to be a system in place to deal with people with no i=or insufficient insurance - this WILL happen again and again.

Hospitals need to know they will get paid and then either the victims, their families or a fund needs to be brought in to finance this. THe first thing is to sae lives - not keep people in stasis until the money turns up.

Yes, clearly it time that all non-Thais are barred from owning, renting and riding motorcycles in Thailand. 

[Yellowtail]

53 minutes ago, Purdey said:

Thailand has no NHS like in the UK so no free medical help here for visitors. More similar to the USA, you will pay through the nose after an accident unless you have insurance that covers you completely. The fact that insurers aren't your friend means they won't pay if they aren't liable. No use crying over the cost. 

Why do these guys come and get on a motorbike with no experience and no helmet i don't know. They think they're indestructible. 

Why should you not have to pay if you have no insurance? 

 

In any evert, in the US you only have to pay if you have money.

[brianthainess]

2 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Sounds like he is in very bad shape. What a nightmare for his family. 

 

Bizarre that his friends pull glass out of his throat. That is basic medic 101 stuff. Never remove an object from the throat, without the help of a medical  expert. Never, ever. 

 

Wonder what the actual circumstances were. The pothole story has alot of holes in it. Was he a skilled driver? Was he wearing a high quality helmet? Was he sober? Was another vehicle involved? So many questions. 

Was he even licensed to drive a motorbike?

[brianthainess]

1 hour ago, Srikcir said:

"pulling the glass out of his throat"

I wonder if some kind of 1st aid instruction could/should be given to rental motorbike riders on treatment of possible injuries that might prevent more damage, in this case severe blood loss with removal of glass lodged in throat? Should rental motorbikes include a 1st aid kit?

I can only say basic first aid DRABC is part of the driving test in OZ ...

[EVENKEEL]

It takes awhile to become profecient at MB riding in Thailand. At first I rode with the same mindset as Thais, undertake all vehicles and such. At times I cringe when I see a young foreign family on a MB ripping down Suk in Pattaya with no helmets. I wouldn't do it.

[brianthainess]

So his friend can only visit 1hr a day, the downfall of private hospitals, apart from the cost of course. Life is full of potholes init.

[Yellowtail]

6 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

So his friend can only visit 1hr a day, the downfall of private hospitals, apart from the cost of course. Life is full of potholes init.

Where does it say the hospital is limiting the visitation?

[brianthainess]

Just now, Yellowtail said:

Where does it say the hospital is limiting the visitation?

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