THE boyfriend of an Australian woman whose face was shattered in a horrific hit and run incident in Bali has shared his devastation in an emotional Instagram post while the injured woman underwent intensive reconstructive surgery.
Victoria Van de Stadt, 25, was operated on in a Perth hospital where she was flown to after being thrown from a scooter and slamming into a tree on a ride with her boyfriend. She was expected to wake from a coma overnight.
The Newcastle woman and her boyfriend Louis Macindoe, 26, had hired the two-wheel vehicle on the last day of their week-long holiday in the southern village of Canggu.
The trip ended in horror when the scooter the pair was riding was apparently slammed by a speeding vehicle and the pair were left for dead.
The pair, whose family members fear would have bled to death if left on the road, were found on the quiet street alongside their mangled bike by a group of tourists with medical training who called an ambulance and kept them alive, assisting with Ms Van de Stadt’s breathing during the wait.
According to her devastated mother, Tracey Priestley, the popular hairdresser and cafe worker was left with a split jaw; smashed eye socket, nose and palate; and many missing teeth.
She also had injuries to the rest of her body and is expected to endure a painful months-long recovery following yesterday’s marathon surgery.
http://www.news.com.au/travel/trave...n/news-story/dc348f4e67833819092320de590eec0e
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Victoria Van de Stadt, 25, was operated on in a Perth hospital where she was flown to after being thrown from a scooter and slamming into a tree on a ride with her boyfriend. She was expected to wake from a coma overnight.
The Newcastle woman and her boyfriend Louis Macindoe, 26, had hired the two-wheel vehicle on the last day of their week-long holiday in the southern village of Canggu.
The trip ended in horror when the scooter the pair was riding was apparently slammed by a speeding vehicle and the pair were left for dead.
The pair, whose family members fear would have bled to death if left on the road, were found on the quiet street alongside their mangled bike by a group of tourists with medical training who called an ambulance and kept them alive, assisting with Ms Van de Stadt’s breathing during the wait.
According to her devastated mother, Tracey Priestley, the popular hairdresser and cafe worker was left with a split jaw; smashed eye socket, nose and palate; and many missing teeth.
She also had injuries to the rest of her body and is expected to endure a painful months-long recovery following yesterday’s marathon surgery.
http://www.news.com.au/travel/trave...n/news-story/dc348f4e67833819092320de590eec0e
You can make a donation to the family here: https://www.gofundme.com/31uw6e0