Mum’s urgent travel warning after family stuck in Turkey over silly mistake

A MUM has issued an urgent travel warning after her son suffered a horror accident leaving the family stuck abroad due to one silly mistake.

Steph, from Hattersley in Tameside, is currently by her kids hospital bedside after he fell through a glass door in a hotel while holidaying in Turkey.

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The 15-year-old boy, Liam Staniforth-Burke, along with his family, remain stranded in Antalya after he has already undergone one operation.

His devastated family have now been forced to start an urgent fundraiser to pay for Liam’s second operation, and a flight back home because of one crucial mistake.

The mum revealed that the teen did not have any travel insurance, and is now stressing the importance of getting covered ahead of holiday season.

She told Manchester Evening News: “Make sure they take that travel insurance out. He definitely needs help so I can get my son back home.”

Liam, who attended Alder Community High School in the village of Gee Cross, Greater Manchester, flew to Turkey with family friends on Sunday night.

He was staying at the Belpoint Beach Hotel and Spa in Antalya when the shocking incident took place.

Liam fell through a glass door to the balcony of his room and ended up with severe cuts to his neck, stomach, hip and hands.

The 15-year-old was dashed to Akdenis university hospital for urgent medical treatment.

Steph wasn’t with Liam at the time of his horror accident and flew out to him on Wednesday morning.

The distraught mum told Manchester Evening News: “He lost a lot of blood, he’s got a big cut from his ear to his shoulder.

“They did an operation on him up the wound with stitches, but they’ve done tests on him since and his mouth on the right-hand-side isn’t moving and he needs another operation before they even start that”.

She added that Liam is “OK at the moment” but cannot talk and is not allowed to eat, and would be left with a “big scar”.

By Thursday morning, the GoFundMe page that had been set up to get Liam home had surpassed its £5,000 target by £200 but has led the mum to urge anyone that’s going abroad to make sure they have travel insurance.

This comes after Martin Lewis issued an urgent travel insurance warning over a simple mistake that could cost you thousands of pounds.

The consumer expert said: “If you have booked your holiday, you need to have your travel insurance ASAB – as soon as you book.”

You need to do this because your travel insurance will mostly cover costs and eventualities from before you go away which might stop the trip from happening.

And a holiday expert revealed the nine things your travel insurance doesn’t cover.