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Cian O'Broin

Cork man suffers 'catastrophic injuries' following motorbike crash in Vietnam

A Cork man is continuing to receive life-saving treatment following a horrific motorcycle incident in Vietnam.

Damien Horgan, who had been living in the South-East Asian country for the last four years as an English language teacher, was due to start a new job, however, two weeks ago was involved in a horrific accident, his family said.

He seriously damaged the left side of his body, has 11 broken ribs, a ruptured spleen he needed removed, a broken collar bone and shoulder, as well as a ruptured bronchus and collapsed lung which would not reinflate.

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