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Blyth gran trapped in Greek hospital after quad bike accident left her in a comaA Blyth gran is trapped in a Greek hospital after a quad bike accident left her in a coma.Tracie Harrison, 52, was on the holiday of a lifetime in sun-drenched Zante with best pal Wendy Sears when tragedy struck.The pair were turning a bend on a quad bike when they hit a hole in the road, flipping the bike and leaving Tracie with catastrophic injuries....the insurance company say they do not cover quad bike accidents and are refusing to pay out for Tracie, leaving the family facing a bill of thousands of pounds.
Zante holiday horror: Two Britons fighting for lives after quad bike crash on Greek islandTWO British women are fighting for their lives after a quad biking accident on the Greek holiday island of Zante.The women, whose names have not been released, were rushed by ambulance to the island's General Hospital of Zakynthos.The driver of the quad bike has been rushed into surgery for an operation for unspecified injuries.Her passenger suffered life-threatening injuries including severe head wounds, bleeding of the brain and a ruptured spleen.
Appears the passenger was a 17 year old girl whose family now need to raise £35,000 to get her transferred to the UK for treatment, according to the Daily Mail.
British tourists have been warned against hiring mopeds and quad bikes abroad after a spate of deaths serious injuries.Kieran Roche, 19, from Swindon, died in a quad-biking accident on the Greek island of Crete last month, and two British women were seriously injured in a quad-bike crash on the island of Zante.Natasha Stevens, 17, an art student from Lancashire, suffered severe injuries in a separate quad-bike accident last month, also on Zante.
...there is enough information about telling you NOT to hire a quad.
British tourists are being warned against using mopeds or quad bikes abroad - after a series of accidents and deaths.
We plunged 30ft down a cliff in quad bike crash... we're lucky to be aliveSimon and Dianne Barrow, of Redhouse, lost control of the bike and plummeted 30ft down a cliff.The pair have been told by doctors that they won’t ever get the full use of their arms back again. Since the horrific accident they have found out that their insurance company Aviva has refused to cover the medical bills because the firm classed riding a quad as an ‘extreme sport’. That has left the couple with a bill for £2,400.
there is enough information about telling you NOT to hire a quad.
'Life is not the same' - Family's heartbreak after Greek quad bike tragedyTracie Harrison, of Blyth, Northumberland, suffered catastrophic injuries when she was in a quad bike crash last summerThe grandmother-of-two was left in a coma and suffered multiple injuries that left her with a broken pelvis, fractured cheekbone, fractured back, a fractured left arm, left eye palsy and a severe brain injury.