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Paralysed Briton stranded after Thailand crash

2010-09-03 13 Dailymotion

<p><br /> A Briton is stranded in Thailand after being paralysed in a road accident, his family has said.<br /> </p><p><br /> Tom Moss, 26, was left nearly blind and unable to move from the neck down after his moped collided with a lorry and two cars in the resort of Chiang Mai.<br /> </p><p><br /> Because he did not have travel insurance, he is now stuck in hospital in the capital, Bangkok, while his family tries to raise the £35,000 needed to fly him back to the UK.<br /> </p><p><br /> Mr Moss, a telesales worker, from Tooting, south London, went out to Thailand at the start of this year and spent six months travelling before his accident about a fortnight ago.<br /> </p><p><br /> The Chelsea fan is now paralysed from the neck down and has lost 95% of his sight, as well as suffering fractures to his jaw, cheekbones and nose.<br /> </p><p><br /> His mother, Gina Allaway, 53, has flown out to Thailand to be with her son, who is conscious but cannot remember the crash and finds it difficult to speak.<br /> </p>

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