'Horror scooter crash that wasn't my fault left me covered in blood and £1.5k in debt'

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES. Paul McDonald, from Edinburgh, has told however helium was progressive successful a clang portion riding his scooter successful Thailand wherever helium claims helium was deed and near injured with 2 teeth missing

A Brit who was sent flying disconnected his scooter in Thailand losing 2 teeth and was near covered successful humor claims helium has ended up £1,500 adjacent though the crash wasn't his fault.

Paul McDonald, who was connected a volunteering travel to assistance sick animals, was riding to a supermarket successful Koh Phangan, connected November 11, erstwhile helium said different scooter 'came retired of nowhere' and deed him with the unit sending him implicit the handlebars.

The 33-year-old says helium was knocked retired and rushed to infirmary successful an ambulance to get attraction including 2 teeth removed and stitches connected his precocious articulator that was 'hanging off'.

But contempt insisting the incidental wasn't his responsibility and that the scooter's brakes were 'broken', helium says helium was forced to cough up astir £700 for damages and compensation to the different driver. This is arsenic good arsenic astir £800 aesculapian bills not covered by his question security and the attraction idiosyncratic present has 'nothing left'.

The Scottish erstwhile attraction worker, who had arrived successful Thailand conscionable 2 weeks earlier the crash, admitted he's spent astir £1,500 successful 1 week contempt hoping it would money his full two-month trip.

Paul captured the collision connected a TikTok unrecorded portion his telephone was successful the holder. Chaotic clang footage shows him riding the scooter earlier shrieking arsenic helium and the telephone plummet to the ground. Other clips and images amusement despairing Paul successful infirmary covered successful bandages and with a heavy chopped look arsenic helium waits for dental and coiled attraction that's inactive ongoing.

The canine person has revealed helium hoped volunteering astatine an carnal structure would heal the heartbreak caused by the decease of his beloved 13-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier, Lola. But helium says he'll present person to chopped his travel abbreviated erstwhile his attraction has finished.

Paul, who inactive has to sojourn the infirmary regular to get his wounds cleaned, has vowed ne'er to thrust a scooter successful Thailand again. He shared footage of the clang connected TikTok with the caption 'this is your motion not to get a scooter successful Thailand' and it's been viewed much than 5,000 times.

Paul from Edinburgh, said: "It was meant to beryllium a imagination travel and I was readying to enactment for 2 months but I've had to wage each my wealth retired truthful I haven't got thing left. Just 30 seconds ruined the full trip. It's truthful bad, honestly. I was really unrecorded connected TikTok erstwhile it happened due to the fact that determination was a telephone holder connected the scooter.

"I was connected that and conscionable going to the store past the adjacent happening I knew I was flying implicit the handlebars. I don't truly retrieve it but a scooter came retired of obscurity and I crashed into it. It was truly scary. I was knocked retired for a minute, they called an ambulance and past I rocked up successful hospital. I was determination for a mates of hours and got each bandaged up.

"I had to get stitches successful my articulator due to the fact that it was hanging disconnected and determination were grazes astir my hand, feet and knees. I've got a ft corruption present too. Two days aboriginal I had to spell to the infirmary and person 2 teeth removed. All my teeth were cracked and they've inactive got to springiness maine fillings.

"I was astatine the dentist connected Monday due to the fact that I've got a splint connected my teeth and I request to get it removed successful 2 weeks. I request to get my stitches retired too. I had to spell to the constabulary presumption and negociate with the radical that crashed into maine and the radical who owned the scooter.

"It's costing a luck due to the fact that it adds up truthful quickly. It's devastating. I've had to get my sister to nonstop maine immoderate wealth to really wage for things. I came retired present to the feline and canine rescue centres to volunteer, that was my plan. I'd conscionable mislaid the canine I'd had for 13 years truthful it was heartbreaking being successful the location and her not being there. I thought I conscionable needed to spell distant and benignant myself retired truthful this is conscionable 1 happening aft the next."

Paul says that on with the hefty aesculapian costs helium was forced to wage the proprietor of the scooter, who had his passport, and the different operator successful the crash. He said: "I had to wage tons of wealth for the motorcycle and worldly but the harm wasn't adjacent that bad. I was trying to haggle with them but determination was thing I could do.

"I thought, 'if I don't springiness them that, they won't springiness maine my passport and I'll astir apt spell to jail'. They seemed fine. I asked what happened [after blacking out] and they didn't talk English. I deliberation they were conscionable blessed that they were getting the wealth to beryllium honest. I conscionable wanted to get my passport back, it was hard with the connection barrier."

Paul says helium regrets renting the scooter, which helium claims was 'broken' erstwhile helium hired it arsenic the brakes didn't enactment properly, which contributed to the crash. He said helium contacted the scooter proprietor astir his vehicle's 'squeaky' brakes but was reassured the sound was caused by the rainfall and that helium could instrumentality it the adjacent day.

The tourer encourages radical to beryllium cautious astir hiring scooters owed to the 'dangerous' roads and believes determination should beryllium much done to support people's safety. Paul said: "I regret getting connected the scooter present due to the fact that it was breached and the brakes were each squeaky. He said it was squeaky due to the fact that of the rainfall but it wasn't and I knew due to the fact that I've been connected scooters earlier and this wasn't close successful the archetypal place.

"I've had a fewer [scooters] erstwhile I've been present and been good but I'd ne'er get 1 again. It's amended to beryllium harmless than sorry. You conscionable don't expect it to beryllium you but you can't conscionable trust connected it being you oregon idiosyncratic other due to the fact that they could beryllium coming from anywhere.

"The roads are rather unsafe and radical conscionable don't truly attraction truthful determination should beryllium much information precautions successful place. I'm trying to get myself a spot healed archetypal earlier I tin fig retired wherever I'm going. I would similar to prolong [my trip] erstwhile I've healed but I wouldn't beryllium going backmost connected a scooter."