A young Australian boy left fighting for life after a horror quad bike crash in Bali has arrived back in Perth on a mercy flight.
Eight-year-old Joshua Schuetz was flown from Bali to Perth on Friday night after he was left in an induced coma after the crash in Ubud, southeast of Bali.
Joshua was a passenger on the bike, which was being driven by his teenage brother Luca, when it swerved off a narrow path and crashed on Wednesday.
The eight-year-old was thrown off the bike into water and suffered critical injuries including a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain.
He was rushed to Denpasar Hospital where doctors performed emergency surgery.
Joshua will now continue his treatment at Perth Children’s Hospital.
Family friend Bernice Ariasa said Luca had shown ‘superhuman strength’ when he rescued his young brother from underneath the quad bike.
Joshua Schuetz (pictured) was left in an induced coma following the horror quad bike crash
The eight-year-old was flown from Bali to Perth on Friday night on a mercy flight (pictured)
Joshua (pictured) was set to take part in a soccer tournament in Bali with his team the Cockburn Wolves Futsal Club – a local team based in Perth – on Saturday
‘Joshy was pinned underneath the bike with a harness on attaching him to the bike and in the water,’ Ms Ariasa said.
‘Luca [Joshua’s older brother]… pulled him out of the water with some kind of superhuman strength.’
Joshua was set to take part in a soccer tournament in Bali with his team the Cockburn Wolves Futsal Club in Perth on Saturday.
The club has rallied behind Joshua and his family with the Byford Futsal League hosting a fundraising tournament in honour of the little boy.
The ‘Joshy Cup’ will be held in Byford in Perth’s southeast, on December 21.
Ms Ariasa has since set up a GoFundMe page to help the family cover the costs of medical bills which has raised $100,000 of the $150,000 target amount.
Joshua’s parents were forced to fork out $20,000 on the spot in order for doctors to attend to their son and a $10,000 deposit for a blood transfusion.
The family’s insurance covered the cost of the emergency flight but not the remaining medical expenses.
