A specialist team has been sent to bring Lawson Rankin home after his Bali Schoolies week ended in horror.
After years of dedication while studying in Newcastle, Lawson Rankin, 18, travelled to Bali for an end-of-year Schoolies trip. But his dream holiday was cut short after a horror accident while riding a scooter left him in a critical condition at the Bali International Medical Centre.
Mr Rankin, a recent graduate from St Francis Xavier’s College, was an experienced rider and so took off around his friends’ bike in pursuit of the phone.Further up the road his friends noticed Mr Rankin’s scooter lodged deep inside a concrete drain filled with water. Shining their lights inside the drain, they found him unconscious, facedown drowning in the sewer, his helmet split and his head covered in lacerations.When the boys jumped into the drain they initially couldn’t see Mr Rankin.
Mr Rankin has had surgery requiring around 20 stitches for a head wound caused by his crushed helmet. But Ms Brown said the biggest concern for her cousin was the brain haemorrhage he suffered and infection from the water that got into his lungs. Despite having travel insurance, Mr Rankin was not licensed to ride a motor bike and the insurance company will not cover any of his medical costs, which are amounting to more than $100,000.
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