A FUNDRAISER has been set up to help the family of a man from St Austell left in a coma after a collision outside a shop in Bugle between a motorbike and a vehicle.

The family of Jake Styler, 17, have said he may need to re-learn how to walk and talk following the crash involving his red Lexmoto motorbike on Thursday, October 17.

Following the collision, the father-of-one was left with two blood clots on the brain in addition to sustaining crushed feet and hands, a broken nose, and lacerated lungs.

Family friend Josie Littlefield, 51, is raising money to cover the family’s travel from St Austell to Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, each day.

Josie, from Bodmin, said: “He’s been looking after his one-year-old son and it’s been hard enough for the family. But now, they’re having to look after this little man as well. I just want to help them make things a bit easier.”

At around 8.30pm on October 17, a collision involving Jake’s bike and an oncoming vehicle occurred near the entrance to the Co-op in Bugle, St Austell.

Jake came off his bike and an ambulance took him to The Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro.

“An ambulance turned up, and a police car,” Josie added. “The paramedics thought he was well enough to walk to the ambulance, because he only looked like he had cuts and bruises.”

He later received a full body scan which revealed he had two bleeds on the brain.

He was transferred to Derriford Hospital in the early hours of Friday morning, and sent for emergency surgery. Following the surgery, doctors placed him in an induced coma with a breathing tube.

Josie said: “He’s in a bad way, but fingers crossed, he’ll be able to come out of it.”

Devon and Cornwall Police are still investigating the two-vehicle traffic collision in Bugle on Thursday, October 17, and are appealing for any witnesses to come forward.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101, quoting log number 808 of 17/10/24.

Josie’s GoFundMe can be found at www.gofundme.com/f/young-single-father-in-motorbike-accident