Australian CEO left for dead in horror US attack

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Australian CEO left for dead in horror US attack
Michael MccormackPenny WongColin Bettles
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An Australian CEO remains in hospital after suffering serious injuries from an attack on the side of the road in the US, with the boss' family left unbeknown to his whereabouts for four days.

An Australian CEO remains in hospital in the US after he was allegedly left to die on the side of a road in San Francisco following a vicious attack.An Australian CEO remains in hospital after suffering serious injuries from an attack on the side of the road in the US, with the boss' family left unbeknown to his whereabouts for four days.

After a bystander alerted emergency services, he was transported to San Francisco General and Trauma Hospital and placed into an induced coma in an ICU ward. Working in regional Australia with limited phone reception, Ms Acton called Mr Bettles’ friend of 15 years Mr McCormack for assistance. “I find it extraordinary that a hotel with a person who was due to check out on the following morning, early to catch a flight to New York, that they just put the luggage in storage and leave it at that.“The worst-case scenario was that he was in a morgue with a tag with John Doe written on it...or that we never find him again.”

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