European Number One Dominic Barrett has been injured in a quad-biking accident in Saudi Arabia. The incident occured during the desert party of the 5th Kingdom International Open in Riyadh last night.
Two other people were injured in a similar incident at the party. Kuwaiti bowlers Mohammed Al-Rajeebah and Fahad Al-Regeeb were injured in a seperate quad-bike incident.
All three men were conscious when they were brought back from the areas where the incidents occured, and they were all taken to Kingdom Hospital. According to John Egan, in an article for bowling website TalkTenpin, Barrett was the first of the three injured men to arrive back, after Tim Mack had gone out as head of the rescue. Barrett had a blood-splattered forehead and a swollen face, and looked very frail.
Mack and English bowler Stuart Williams went to the hospital in the early hours of this morning to see Barrett, and Williams told John Egan that Barrett had broken seven ribs and fractured his left collar-bone. He will remain in Riyadh for around ten days. His partner and mother are to fly out at the expense of Prince Hakim to be with the injured Englishman.
Mohammed Al-Rajeebah has suffered a crushed thigh bone and will need surgery to repair the injury. Fahad Al-Regeeb suffered a dislocated shoulder.
I wish all three a speedy and complication-free recovery.
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