Overview
- Will Hannington fell from a fourth-floor hotel balcony in Dubrovnik, suffering a smashed femur, fractures and internal injuries.
- He underwent a five-hour operation in Croatia and woke in intensive care, with treatment covered locally via his European Health Insurance Card.
- The family says the travel insurer denied the claim as 'self-risk behaviour', and they have not named the company.
- With flying deemed unsafe, his mother paid for a private ambulance that drove across eight countries for about 30 hours to bring him home.
- He currently has little or no movement in parts of his legs, faces a long rehabilitation, and a GoFundMe started by a family friend aims to help repay the £15,000 loan.