Sad update one year after Aussie dad was injured in a freak accident while riding his daughter's e-scooter
A much-loved father and family member has died in hospital one year after he was hit by a car while riding his daughter's e-scooter.
Isaac Craig was hit by a driver who ran a stop sign while testing out a new tyre on his daughter's e-scooter near his home in Townsville, Queensland, in March 2024.
His injuries meant the Aussie dad was bedridden for most of the time and struggled to perform everyday tasks due to the lingering pain.
Mr Craig suffered a heart attack last month with his wife Lisa forced to make the heartbreaking decision to turn off his life support one week later.
Callum Albert, Mr Craig's stepson, wrote on a GoFundMe that it had been heartbreaking to watch him slowly deteriorate both mentally and physically.
'The last year of his life, he was almost completely bed-bound, he did have a wheelchair but it wasn't used often as he was in such pain and discomfort,' he said.
'He couldn't leave the house as it being an old Queenslander style home with stairs, made it almost impossible to comfortably get him up and down.'
Mr Albert said on his stepfather's worst days, he would lock himself inside his bedroom to hide his worsening mental state from his family.
He said the heart attack, while not directly linked to the e-scooter accident, came moments after he told his wife he was experiencing a mild anxiety attack.
Mr Craig was without a flow of oxygen to his brain for 24 minutes before he was revived and rushed to Townsville Hospital.
He was placed in ICU where doctors found he had little to no brain activity.
His life support was turned off a week later.
In yet another blow to his grieving family, Mr Albert said his mother is now facing the possibility of losing their family home.
Mortgage payments have been paused while the family comes up with a solution.
The GoFundMe raising funds for house expenses, cremation expenses, daily expenses of Mr Craig's wife and daughter and future bills has raised over $3,000.
'If donations do come, all of it will be given to his widowed wife and she will use it to best herself and their daughter Rebecca's current financial situation,' Mr Albert said.
'She has no idea about any of this (now she does) but I do know this will make her happy cry and to be relieved that even though it's not all the pressure, at least some is taken off her shoulders.'
In an update, Mr Albert said his mother had been aware of the campaign and that she had received his stepfather's ashes.
'The support has been overwhelmingly substantial! Thank you to everyone who has helped so far,' he wrote.
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