A father of two is unable to work, in constant pain and in dire financial straits after a golf cart accident at a five-star hotel in Bali.
Curtis Bransby, his wife and their daughters, aged three and five, were passengers in a buggy that took them from their room to a pool at the $600-a-night Karma Kandara hotel in Ungasan on September 20.
But the vehicle crashed into another buggy while being driven along the luxury clifftop resort’s “steep and slippery” paths, the Perth man said.
The crash sent him flying into a brick wall, shattering his arm. Mr. Bransby, 47, said 7News that the accident “blew my arm to pieces,” leaving it “hanging like a string behind my back.”
His three-year-old child, who was sitting on his lap, was also thrown from the vehicle and although he was able to protect her, she still suffered a bruised forehead in the crash.
Perth man Curtis Bransby (pictured) can no longer work and is in financial trouble after crashing a golf cart at a five-star hotel in Bali, where prices start at around $600 a night
The Karma Kandara hotel (photo) in Ungasan, Bali, is a luxurious and expensive resort
His wife and their other daughter were unharmed, as was the buggy driver, who was a hotel employee.
The people on the other cart were not seriously injured.
A hotel report given to Mr Bransby stated that the trolley’s ‘brake malfunctioned, went out of control and collided with another buggy’.
He required immediate surgery and spent nine days in BIMC hospital in Bali before flying home to Western Australia.
The family’s travel insurance covered $26,000 in medical expenses, but Mr. Bransby has been unable to work since and does not know when he will be well enough to return to his job at a disability services company.
He has been diagnosed with complex regional pain syndrome, described as ‘excessive and prolonged pain and inflammation’ – a condition that can be permanent.
Mr Bransby suffers from throbbing and cramping pains and when he bumps his arm or moves uncomfortably, the pain is ‘unbearable’.
“I have to elevate my arm every night to reduce the swelling and when I wake up it feels like my arm is in rigor mortis,” he said.
“Every day I have to slowly move my fingers, then my hand, then bend my arm before I can move.”
The constant pain and inability to work for more than two months has left him worried about his job, and his wife’s parents have already loaned the family $10,000 so they won’t default on their mortgage.
The crash sent Mr Bransby flying into a brick wall, leaving his arm “like a string behind my back”. His x-ray is shown
The vehicle crashed into another buggy as it traveled along the paths of the luxury clifftop resort (pictured).
But that’s only a short-term solution to what could be a long-term problem, and the family is under stress and pressure.
He wants the hotel to cover his lost wages and rescheduled flights, but so far the hotel has only offered an ex-gratia payment of $7,600, which would be “a full and final settlement, without admission of liability,” Karma says Group, which owns the hotel. hotel, said.
Mr Bransby said the company paying for his lost income would be the “morally” right thing to do. “What would have happened if my daughter had died?”
In a letter to him, the Karma Group states that compensation for loss of income ‘falls outside the coverage of our third party insurance’.
The father, who expects to be off work until at least January, said he is “heartbroken” by the “low offer” of just $7,600 in compensation.
Ny Breaking Australia has contacted Mr Bransby and Karma Group for further comment.