A British woman who fell 30ft during a hike has been left trapped in the US with a broken back after her insurance cover to get her home was allegedly turned down.
Charlotte Hollins Anderton, from Abergele, north Wales, endured the ‘life changing accident’ while working her dream job as a summer camp leader in the US.
Only July 4, the 23-year-old plummeted 30ft during a hike with children and endured an eight-hour wait for rescue with a fractured spine, two shattered feet and internal bleeding.
Following the devastating fall on US Independence Day, Anderton required several operations and intensive care treatment, her family said.
A GoFundMe donation page has now been set up to assist in bringing the young woman home, but this comes with a staggering £45,000 price tag.
A statement on the fundraising website reads: ‘Our beautiful Charlotte was tragically involved in a life changing accident whilst working as a camp leader this summer.
‘She has suffered a life threatening fall on the 4th July and has been hospitalised since. Her fall resulted in spinal and foot fractures requiring multiple surgeries, internal bleeding, and admission to the intensive care unit.
‘She’s also dealing with intense emotional trauma from the fall and it breaks our hearts that we can’t be there to help’.
The family added that on top of all the ‘unimaginable pain and suffering’, they have now had to figure out how to bring her back home.
‘We were just hit with another worry that her insurance company will not be covering the cost of repatriation from America to back home,’ the statement continued.
‘She urgently needs to come home for her to access specialist care via the NHS and continue her recovery with family by her side.
‘It is because of this that we are reaching out to her friends, and our community around us, to ask if anyone can spare anything to help us with the costs related to her care and journey home.
‘Her repatriation currently costs £45,000. We know this is a difficult time financially for so many, and if you are not able to donate, then PLEASE can we ask you to share this far and wide, on your social media and around your work.’
The distraught family further explained that they never thought they would find themselves in such a situation, but all they want ‘is to have her home’.
The statement continued: ‘We will be keeping everyone updated every step of the way, and thank you all so much already for your kind words, promises of donations and support.
‘It means more to us than you could imagine. Thank you so much.’
It comes after a young British holidaymaker died in hospital after plunging from a supermarket carpark in Ibiza last month.
The 25-year-old fell from the Mercadona in the resort of San Antonio at around 8pm on July 14.
The tourist was left fighting for his life in an intensive care unit at a private island hospital, but succumbed to his injuries the following day.
And Keiran Thomas, 25, from Bangor, north Wales, died after falling from his hotel balcony in Malta on the night of July 11.
A medical team were called to Triq Spinola at around 4.15am, where they discovered Thomas’ lifeless body on the ground outside of the building.
Thomas’ heartbroken father, Alan Hughes, told the BBC that the family were thankful for the supportive messages they had received from members of the public.
He also shared that his son, who had a twin brother, was working as a software engineer at the time of his death, with ‘a promising career ahead of him’.
