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Brit man, 20, fighting for his life in coma after Zante quad bike crash
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Brit man, 20, fighting for his life in coma after Zante quad bike crash Bradley Belhomme, 20, from Salford, suffered catastrophic head injuries after a collision with a coach in Zante having flown out with a group of friends the day before A 20-year-old man is fighting for his life in hospital after a horror quad bike crash during a lads' holiday in Greece. Bradley Belhomme, from Salford, suffered catastrophic head injuries after a collision with a coach in Zante last Friday, having flown...
Brit man, 20, fighting for his life in coma after Zante quad bike crash
Bradley Belhomme, 20, from Salford, suffered catastrophic head injuries after a collision with a coach in Zante having flown out with a group of friends the day before
A 20-year-old man is fighting for his life in hospital after a horror quad bike crash during a lads' holiday in Greece.
Bradley Belhomme, from Salford, suffered catastrophic head injuries after a collision with a coach in Zante last Friday, having flown out with a group of friends the day before.
They had rented the quads and he was involved in the serious crash while riding with another friend, who was also hospitalised. Bradley is now in a coma in intensive care after being transported to a hospital in Attica in Athens, his family have said.
His mum Leanne Rabbetts told Manchester Evening News: "He went on the holiday on Thursday and everything was fine. I spoke to him when he arrived, but then on the Friday afternoon I got the call saying there had been a crash.
"I was thinking 'what the hell happened?'. I had to ring the hospital in Zante at the time, but they couldn't give me much information. Then I got another call that night saying he was being moved to Athens because of the condition he was in.
"He has serious head trauma so he's getting better care there. I flew out on Sunday as soon as I could and have been here every day. We can only spend half an hour with him.
"The doctors tried to bring him out of a coma yesterday but he wasn't responding. Then they tried again to wake him up today [Monday] and he had two fits. They don't know if it's a bleed on the brain, so he has to have an MRI scan to see what has happened and the damage to his brain, but he isn't responding at all at the moment."
Bradley's family believe he had travel insurance but they have not been able to confirm this and don't have access to his phone. They have also been in touch with the British Embassy for support.
"All I really know is that he's been on a quadbike with his friends, and they've all rented them. As he's turned around a corner, I've been told there's been a crash with a coach. We didn't know how serious it was until we got here," said Leanne.
"His friend he was sharing a room with stayed with him in hospital in Zante and came to Athens when he got transferred, but obviously they couldn't stay with him."
Appeals have since been shared across social media from friends, with fundraising events and walks also organised to help raise money to pay for hospital bills in the interim. A GoFundMe page has also been set up.
"Because of the head trauma, we don't even know when he will be able to come home or the situation," Bradley's uncle Adam said. "We can't do anything. We are just waiting for the scan and trying to make sure everything is covered at the moment, because if the insurance is invalid it's a big bill.
"At the moment the main thing is Bradley and making sure he is okay and eventually getting him up and home.
"The local community and friends have all donated and have been brilliant. Bradley is a loveable lad who has gone away to have a lads' holiday and enjoy himself. He's a hardworking boy and unfortunately, being young, you often make the wrong choices.
"It's all questions and no answers at the moment. And out here there's a huge language barrier. He's in intensive care and we have to wear full PPE to see him for just half an hour. We are like a fish out of water."