British Muay Thai fighter seriously injured after motorbike crash in southern Thailand

A British Muay Thai fighter is undergoing surgery in Bangkok after he was involved in a serious road accident in Koh Samui on April 13. Chris – a 32 year old martial arts champion from York, UK – pulled out of a coffee shop on his motorbike when he was crushed by a pickup truck. Chris survived the incident but sustained multiple injuries and broken bones in his skull.

Chris received emergency treatment at a hospital in Koh Samui for three days and was later flown to a hospital in Bangkok where he is now undergoing multiple operations. Over two weeks have passed since the accident and Chris is still bed-bound with a badly infected open wound on his foot. In the coming days, Chris will receive facial and eye surgery to repair his broken cheekbone and fractured orbital floor.

The first two days of Chris’s hospital treatment amounted to ฿1.1 million, or £25,000. His family has…