'Our hearts are broken': Aussie dad dies after Bali crash
A young Aussie dad, who was expecting his second child in February, has died more than a week after falling off a scooter on the popular Indonesian island.
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The family of a young father involved in a serious scooter crash in Bali is mourning after he was declared brain dead more than a week after the incident.
Kevin Malligan, 24, was holidaying on the popular Indonesian island to celebrate the upcoming birth of his second child in February when disaster struck.
Sky News reports Kevin was riding on a moped driven by a friend on December 29 when they hit a bump and he fell off.
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He was rushed to a hospital in Nusa Dua with life-threatening injuries, including a brain-bleed and a broken neck.
He underwent emergency brain surgery to save his life, but was left in a coma.
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"Our hearts are broken"
Sky News reports his family then raised more than $100,000 to get him on a medivac flight from Bali to Sydney, where he was then flown to Nepean Hospital in Penrith.
Tragically, the family provided an update on Kevin’s condition on his GoFundMe on Wednesday.
“Our hearts are broken today as Kevin has officially been pronounced as brain dead,” his mother-in-law Jodie French wrote.
“The doctors have done all relevant testing over the last few days. This has been a distressing experience for all of us.”
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"They just hit a bump in the road"
Sky News reports Kevin’s pregnant wife Leah and his family are now faced with the decision of when to turn off his life support.
Leah had previously told the Daily Mail Kevin “wasn’t doing anything silly or drinking” at the time of the crash.
"He and his friend just hit a bump in the road four minutes away from where they were meant to be," she said.
“I tried to get him travel insurance that would cover scooters, but there was nothing.”
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