Scottish judo star in fatal condition after Vietnam
motorbike accident
Stephanie Inglis is
seen after a competition in this photo posted on her Facebook page.
A Scottish Commonwealth Games
judo star has been admitted to a hospital in Hanoi with severe brain injuries
after a motorcycle accident in Vietnam earlier this week.
Stephanie
Inglis, 27, a silver medalist at the 2014 Glasgow Games, was carried by a
motorbike taxi driver to a school in the northern city of Ha Long, where she
taught English, when the accident happened on Tuesday.
Her skirt
got caught in a wheel, pulling her off the bike and eventually leaving her in
a comma due to serious head injuries, according to a police report.
She was
transferred to a hospital in Hanoi for intensive treatment, but doctors
warned that she was in critical condition as she had sustained severe brain
injuries.
Stephanie’s
parents are also preparing to travel to Vietnam to take care of her,
according to a source close to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper.
According to
BBC, a campaign has been launched to raise fund to help the victim with
medical costs, as her travel insurer refused to cover the accident.
Besides the
silver earned for Team Scotland in the women's 57kg event at the 2014
Commonwealth Games, Stephanie also won medals at tournaments all over the
world.
The athlete
has traveled to Vietnam to work as an English teacher for poor children in a
charity program.
TUOI TRE NEWS
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Thứ Bảy, 14 tháng 5, 2016
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