Brit DJ, 24, in coma after horror quad bike accident on party island Zante where he had landed ‘amazing' club residency
Kai Roberts, 24, was left with a bleed on the brain after he went for a ride with a friend before smashing into a wall at high speed.
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Brit DJ Kai Roberts has been left in a coma after a quad bike accident in Zante
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The exciting DJ, from Pembrokeshire, Wales, was in Zante with his friends ahead of a major club gig in the holiday hotspot.
His friend escaped the crash with minor injuries but Kai was rushed to hospital.
Doctors found a bleed on the brain and he was placed in an induced coma.
Kai's devastated girlfriend Kya Gillane-Heywood has described the moment she saw her boyfriend in the hospital bed as "horrible".
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She told the
"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 is a full-time worker at a dairy factory back home in Wales but he spends almost every weekend out being a DJ.
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His career had just taken a huge step forwards after he was gifted an "amazing opportunity" to take up a DJ residency at Ikon club in Zante for the summer.
Global superstar and proud Leeds native Tom Zanetti has a regular slot at the club on Tuesdays with him and Kai crossing paths this year on several occasions.
Kai first left for the residency on June 1 and was due to come back to the UK today.
The tragic accident is said to have taken place at around 5pm on Sunday.
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Heartbroken Kya revealed at first the crash didn't seem too serious.
Kai was alert and doing okay but when he was checked out in the hospital doctors gave him a CT scan which revealed he had a bleed on the brain.
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