Sydney dad Kevin Malligan dies as his family turn off his life support following Bali scooter accident

A young father critically injured in a horror Bali scooter crash has been taken off life support, his family have confirmed.

A young father critically injured in a horror Bali scooter crash has been taken off life support, those close to him have confirmed.

Sydney father, Kevin Malligan, had been holidaying just weeks before the birth of his second child when he fell off his scooter and hit his head, leaving him on life support in Nusa Dua’s BIMC hospital.

The 24-year-old suffered a brain bleed and a fracture to his neck, and was put into an induced coma as he fought for his life.

Kevin Malligan, a 24-year-old Sydney father, was critically injured in a scooter crash in Bali just weeks before the birth of his second child.

However, on Friday, Mr Malligan’s mother-in-law confirmed his death via a GoFundMe page set up to fundraise for his return to Australia.

“Our last hours with our son-in-law Kevin were this morning as we all said our goodbyes,” she wrote, accompanied by a heartbreaking picture of his wife Leah and young daughter Ivy at his bedside.

“We had to go through a traumatic time that no wife, father, mother, dad and family should have to go through.

“Leah and his dad made the beautiful, generous choice to donate his internal organs.

Ms French thanked those who have donated to his cause, which has so far raised almost $122,000.

Malligan’s family made the difficult decision to take him off life support, confirming his death via a GoFundMe page with this heartbreaking image.

“We are forever grateful for so much support over these last two weeks from family, friends, work colleagues, community and complete strangers,” she wrote.

“Leah is overwhelmed by the support to bring Kevin back home and to have the opportunity to farewell her beloved husband and father to Ivy and her soon-to-be bub – due early February 2024.”

His heavily pregnant wife rushed to be by her husband’s side in Bali after the accident, flying to Denpasar with Mr Malligan’s father and brother.

Mr Malligan underwent emergency brain surgery before generous donors helped fund a $150,000 medevac flight back to Australia on January 4.

But despite best efforts from doctors, Mr Malligan’s family confirmed his injuries have been deemed irreversible, and he was declared clinically brain dead

Despite efforts, Malligan’s injuries were deemed irreversible, and he was declared clinically brain dead. Picture: Facebook

Malligan’s family chose to donate his internal organs, and a GoFundMe campaign was set up to raise funds for his return to Australia. The campaign has garnered almost $122,000 in donations.

Mrs Malligan described her husband as a “great dad, husband and friend, with a generous and loving nature who will be missed by all.”

“He was always up for a good laugh and would do anything to put a smile on someone’s face, she told the Daily Mail.

“There was nothing more valuable than seeing how excited he was when he got home to give his Ivy girl a great big cuddle.

“They then would play constantly until it was dinner and bedtime. He loved her so much and she doesn’t love anyone else as much as she loved Kev.”

Mrs Malligan explained that Mr Malligan was riding on the back of a moped his friend was driving when the pair “hit a bump” and he was flung off.

She emphasised that her husband was not doing anything “silly” or drinking when the crash happened.

In November, police in Bali announced that they were cracking down on tourists using motorbikes following the death of three foreigners on the roads in one district in the space of one month.

The incident prompted attention to scooter safety in Bali, with local authorities announcing measures to address tourist-related motorbike accidents, including outreach to rental services, limiting motorbike use, and enforcing traffic laws, such as requiring international driver’s licenses and helmets.

AKP Bachtiar Arifin, head of traffic unit for Buleleng Police, where the three fatal incidents took place, told reporters that changes must be made.

“What is clear is that we will carry out outreach to rental services and hotels, including limiting and selectively using motorbikes, especially foreign nationals,” he said, as reported by The Bali Sun.

That outlet also reported hotels who provide motorbike rental services will be asked to take preventive steps including accompanying foreign guests on motorbikes.

He said police would “increase patrols in places where there are many foreigners” and “carry out law enforcement” if foreigners are found to be breaking traffic laws, including not having an international driver’s licence or wearing a helmet.