Brit DJ, 24, left in coma with bleed on brain in Zante after horror accident
A young DJ on an "amazing" job in Zante is now fighting for his life after a horrific quad big accident. Kai Roberts, from Pembrokeshire in Wales, was in the Greek party hotspot after being offered the opportunity to support the likes of Tom Zanetti at a club.
But on Sunday (June 29), tragedy struck when the quad bike he was riding with a friend slammed into a wall. His friend escaped with minor injuries but doctors discovered a bleed on Kai's brain when he was rushed to hospital and he was placed in an induced coma.
His devastated girlfriend, Kya Gillane-Heywood, who had been by his side in Greece, has now spoken of her shock. Speaking to the Mirror from the holiday hotspot, she said: 'It is horrible. It is weird because we are all still in shock so it doesn't feel real but at the same time it is just crazy because it is so real if that makes any sense? I don't know how to describe it.'
Kai works at a dairy factory back home in Pembrokeshire, Wales, while working part-time as a DJ at weekends. He was loving life this summer after being given the "amazing opportunity" to take a DJ residence at Ikon club in Zante for the summer.
Explaining what happened, Kya said: 'It was Sunday and it happened around 5pm. They were out on the quads and obviously then they had the accident.
'One of the girls is out here with me, she found out and I didn't have my phone with me at the time. She came and found me and told me so I rang the other boy he was with to see what was going on.
'At that point they didn't think it was as serious. It turned out when he got to the medical centre, they transferred him straight to the hospital and they did a CT scan and he had a bleed on the brain.'
Kai, who was due to return today (July 1) having been out in Greece since June 1, was then placed in an induced coma so he could be flown to mainland Greece. He is now in intensive care with a team of neurosurgeons.
The last update Kya heard was that Kai remained in a coma and had not gotten any better or worse. But with no improvements being made to his condition, his family members, some of whom have flown to Greece to be by his side, are anxiously waiting for more positive news.
His girlfriend has started a fundraiser, which has already raised over £5,000, and she told us why funds were vital. She said: 'Kai has a lot of friends everywhere because he is an amazing person and everyone loves him.
'We are not sure if the insurance will cover him and that is not what we have been sorting at the minute so the cost to his family coming out to be with him.
'Potentially medical costs because when he does recover, which hopefully he will, he will not be able to work. So it will support him and his family.'
A station manager at Pure West Radio, where Kai hosts a house music show, has also spoken about the accident. Toby Ellis said: 'It's been an incredibly difficult 24 hours for all of us at Pure West Radio as we come to terms with the news about one of the PWR Dance Family DJs, Kai Roberts, who has suffered a serious head injury following a quad bike accident in Zante yesterday.'
And speaking about a fundraising event at different clubs on Saturday July 26, he added: 'This is the first time all of these nightclubs have been on the same bill together.
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