A dad from southeast Wales has been informed he’ll “never walk again” after sustaining life-changing accidents in an accident whereas visiting his daughter in Thailand.
Lee Francis, 54, from Church Village in Rhondda Cynon Taf has been left paralysed from the waist down after he and his accomplice have been concerned in a bike crash the day earlier than he was as a result of fly house.
Katie Francis informed Sky News she and her accomplice had been travelling since September and her father and stepmother had spent per week visiting them.
“We were driving back to the villa and all I remember is the road conditions were really dusty,” she stated.
“We have been really going actually fairly sluggish as a result of a minibus overtook us after which abruptly I simply heard a giant bang.
“I turned around and I saw my dad and my stepmother basically slam into a metal barrier at the side of the road.”
Ms Francis stated the actual fact her dad was carrying a helmet had “saved his life” and that witnessing the crash was “so traumatic”.
“Straight away, I ran to my dad and he just said, ‘I’m paralysed, I can’t feel me legs’ so he kind of knew straight away how he was feeling,” she added.
Mr Francis’s spouse, Clare, suffered facial accidents within the collision and she or he continues her restoration.
Sri Lanka was as a result of be the subsequent vacation spot for Ms Francis and her accomplice earlier than transferring to dwell in Australia – plans which have now needed to be scrapped.
“We’ve just decided to come home now and just focus on my dad because we wouldn’t have been able to stay out there, the condition he was in,” Ms Francis added.
“He was fighting for his life, because even the surgeon who did my dad’s decompression surgery, he said he’s lucky to be alive because he lost a lot of blood as well.”
The information of Mr Francis’s paralysis comes after a tough few months for the household.
“It’s just been really traumatic because before I went travelling in September, me and my sister lost our mother, so obviously it hasn’t been a great year anyway,” his daughter stated.
“As soon as that happened to my dad, me and my sister thought this can’t happen again.”
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The household has arrange a GoFundMe web page to boost cash to make diversifications to Mr Francis’s home to make it extra accessible for him.
“It’s been amazing to be honest, my dad is so overwhelmed. When the first few bits of donation came through, he was tearing up,” Ms Francis added.
“We’re just all overwhelmed as a family [for] the support, and it’s so nice to see old colleagues of my dad or people that know my dad reach out and say how lovely he is.
“Everyone sharing assist as a neighborhood is simply superb.”
Source: information.sky.com”