A fundraiser has been launched to support the family of a Scots tourist who died after crashing a motorcycle into the back of a rubbish truck on a Thai island. James Stephenson Young, 36, and a friend were trying to ride a white Honda scooter back from a local bar to their hotel when they collided with the bright yellow garbage truck in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Police and paramedics arrived at the scene and performed CPR on James, from Bonnyrigg, near Edinburgh, but he was pronounced dead and found to have a broken neck and severe head wounds. His friend, Pierre, 30, was taken to the Koh Samui Hospital for treatment.
Following the tragedy a GoFundMe page has been set up to raise the funds to cover the cost to bring James back to Scotland and "give him the send off he deserves".
