A groom-to-be was left in a coma after falling 20 feet from a wall during his stag do in Lanzarote. Dan Bevis, 25, had been in Puerto Del Carmen for just two hours and had drunk only three pints when the accident occurred on May 1.
Dan sat on a 'really rusty' wall outside a bar and fell backwards onto the pavement below. He suffered a traumatic brain injury, a brain bleed, a fracture behind his ear, a broken collarbone and a broken sternum. A friend held his head together to stem the bleeding until an ambulance arrived.
Dan was put in a coma in hospital. His fiancée, Kirsty Elvins, 27, flew out from Alcester, Warwickshire, with their one-year-old son Grayson to be with him. Dan was able to return home on May 19, thanks to his travel insurance covering medical expenses.
Now recovering at home, Dan is unable to work for at least four to six weeks. The family have set up a GoFundMe to help with bills ahead of their wedding in July. Kirsty said: 'It was very touch and go. My advice would be to make sure everyone's got their GHIC card, travel insurance is such a big thing.'
