British holidaymaker, 21, fights for his life after scooter crash with automotive in Thailand as household battle to pay medical payments

A British holidaymaker has been left fighting for his life after he crashed into a car while riding a scooter in Thailand, leaving his family battling to pay his medical bills.

Zak Forsyth, 21, from Huyton, Merseyside, was driving back sober from an outing on a week’s holiday with friends when the devastating accident happened.

Though the driver of the car immediately took him to hospital, he sustained potentially life-changing injuries, with a brain bleed, and a broken nose, jaw, ankle and arm. 

Mr Forsyth is currently in a coma in the southeast Asian country, where he has undergone emergency surgery, just days before he was due to return home.  

But without medical or travel insurance for his trip, his distraught family are facing the reality they will need to pay for this and all further treatment alone. 

His girlfriend Amy Elkin, 21, from Prescot, Merseyside, said ‘the whole of Liverpool’ has rallied around Mr Forsyth’s loved ones to help them meet the costs.

‘He’s loved by everyone here,’ she told the Liverpool Echo, while holding back tears. ‘I’ve had people coming round, dropping money off every five minutes. 

‘What we have is great but it’s not enough to fix everything.’ 

Zak Forsyth, 21, from Huyton, Merseyside, was driving back sober from an outing on a week’s holiday with friends when the devastating accident happened

He is currently in a coma in the southeast Asian country, where he has undergone emergency surgery, just days before he was due to return home. Pictured: Mr Forsyth, with his girlfriend, Amy Elkin 

An online fundraiser she set up has raised £12,000 so far of its £20,000 target, enabling Mr Forsyth’s loved ones to put a £5,000 deposit down for his surgery. 

And she has rushed to get an emergency passport so she can head to Thailand on Monday to support him from his bedside.

‘We’re doing what we can. I just want him home,’ she said. 

Mr Forsyth’s mother, Melanie McCourt, 47, added: ‘We need as much help as we can to get him home.’ 

Ms Elkin also wrote in a post to her Instagram account: ‘This has been sudden and devastating, and like so many people, we never imagined something like this could happen to us. 

‘Our lives have been turned upside down in ways we never could have prepared for.

‘Time is critical, and every moment matters in ensuring he continues to receive the care he desperately needs and in getting his loved ones to his side.

‘It is incredibly humbling and difficult to have to ask others for financial help, something we never thought we would need to do. 

‘But right now, our only focus is doing everything possible to support him and give him the best chance to keep fighting.

‘Any money raised will go directly toward Zak’s medical expenses, as well as urgent travel costs for me and his family so we can be with him during this incredibly difficult time.

‘Any donation, no matter how big or small, will make a difference and help give him the support and care he needs.’