Joshua ‘Joshy’ Schuetz: Long road to recovery for eight-year-old boy after horror quad bike crash in Bali
An eight-year-old Perth boy has a long road to recovery after he was rushed home on a mercy flight following a horror quad bike crash in Bali.
Joshua “Joshy” Schuetz was in Ubud with his family for a soccer tournament with his club, Cockburn Wolves, when his quad bike flipped, throwing him into a body of water, pinning him underneath the vehicle.
The eight-year-old was reportedly a pillion passenger on the bike being driven by his teenage brother.
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Joshy was flown back to Perth in an induced coma on a mercy flight, landing on Friday night.
On Saturday afternoon, family friend Bernice Ariasa confirmed the young boy remained in a coma at Perth Children’s Hospital.
“They have run tests and scans ... I think we may know more in a couple of days but he is still in a coma at this point,” Ms Ariasa told The West Australian.
More than $109,000 has been raised in a GoFundMe to help fund hospital bills for the Schuetz family.
“Hundreds of prayers are over our sweet, funny, full of life Joshy. We just want him safe and healed,” the fundraiser said.
