An eight-year-old Perth boy remains in a critical condition after being airlifted back to Australia from Bali, following a quad bike accident. Friends of the family have been raising money to help cover Joshua Schuetz's medical bills.
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00:00Joshua Schutz was on an adventure trip with his family in Ubud in Bali's central region
00:08on Wednesday.
00:09It's understood he was on a quad bike with his brother, which overturned, and he suffered
00:14a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain.
00:17The boy was in an induced coma after emergency surgery in Bali on Thursday, but he's now
00:23been brought home to Perth on a medivac flight.
00:27Members of Joshua's family have raised more than $90,000 to help cover the cost of his
00:33overseas medical bills.
00:35Now the eight-year-old was in Bali for a soccer tournament, which we understand will still
00:41go ahead in the coming days, but the young boy and his older brother, who's the coach
00:45of the team, won't be taking part.
00:48A friend of the family has told us the accident has affected everyone in the close-knit community,
00:54and some of the kids in his soccer team haven't yet comprehended what's happening.
01:00But she says Joshua is a fighter, and everyone is hoping he makes a full recovery.