A British man was left in a coma after falling from a 20ft wall just two hours into his stag do on a Spanish island. Groom-to-be Dan Bevis, 25, had travelled to Puerto Del Carmen in Lanzarote for the pre-wedding celebrations when the devastating accident took place.
Just two hours after dropping his luggage off at the hotel and having three pints at the first bar of the night, Bevis fell backwards off a 20ft wall. The father-of-one suffered a traumatic brain injury after landing head-first on the pavement as his friend was left looking after him until an ambulance arrived.
Bevis was rushed to the hospital with a bleed on his brain and multiple broken bones before being taken to intensive care and put into a coma. His fiancée, Kirsty Elvins, 27, flew out with the couple's son to be by his side.
Kirsty, from Alcester, Warwickshire, said: 'I literally screamed when I found out'. She explained that three ambulances attended the scene along with police, but by this point, he was unconscious and 'had a lot of blood pouring out of his head.'
The healthcare assistant added that because he had so little to drink prior to the accident, his travel insurance was able to cover his medical bill. But as Dan is self-employed, his family have set up a GoFundMe to help cover bills ahead of their July 3 wedding as he is now house-bound in recovery.
Kirsty said: 'A lot of people presumed just because he was on his stag do, 'I bet he was really drunk', but if the travel insurance thought that, they wouldn't be trying to help us with the claim.' She went on to advise travellers to get their GHIC card and travel insurance before going abroad, as 'it is such a big thing.'
Kirsty is hopeful that Dan will have recovered enough to walk down the aisle with her, but he will still need a wheelchair. She said that the couple are still making their final wedding payments, but that the majority of the money they had put aside for it had since been used to prioritise the medical care of Bevis. 'He's not going to be able to go back to work for at least four to six weeks,' she said.
