Paralysed London tourist stranded in Thailand

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Tom Moss, 26, is unable to move from the neck down and has lost 95% of his sight after his moped hit a lorry and two cars in the resort of Chiang Mai.

He did not have travel insurance and is stuck in hospital in the capital, Bangkok, while his family tries to raise the £35,000 needed to fly him home.

Mr Moss, a telesales worker from Tooting, went to Thailand at the start of the year and spent six months travelling before his crash about a fortnight ago.

His mother, Gina Allaway, 53, has flown out to Thailand to be with her son, who is conscious but cannot remember the crash and finds it difficult to speak. He also suffered fractures to his jaw, cheekbones and nose.

Mr Moss's sister, Jamie Harvey, 31, said her family felt frustrated by the difficulty of finding out what was happening to her brother.

"My mum's out there on her own in a strange foreign country. It's just not knowing that's difficult - we try and get through to people but it's just not happening.

"We're just doing everything in our power to get him home. The problem is we haven't got any insurance to do it.

"He was living his dreams out there. It's in all our best interests to bring him home. It would be a big help for his rehabilitation for him to have us around him - we're such a close-knit family."

Private air ambulance operator Mediaviation is helping the family raise the funds to bring Mr Moss back to Britain, but so far they have only raised a little over £3,000.

Donations can be made via www.mediaviation.com