A graduate is fighting for her life in a Thai hospital after a horrific road accident just a week into her gap year.

Family and friends of 21-year-old Lucy Hill, from Bury, have made a desperate international appeal to help find the rare blood she needs after suffering a broken pelvis and brain haemorrhage.

Lucy, arrived in Chiang Mai to start her trip of a lifetime just six days before a car collided with her moped on Saturday afternoon.

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She was rushed to Rajavej Chiang Mai Hospital and has since had three blood transfusions, as well as being fitted with titanium plates in her pelvis.

Lucy urgently needs more transfusions after she was left suffering with anaemia following the surgery, but there is a shortage of ‘A Negative’ blood in Thailand.

Her doctors say fewer then one per cent of Thai people have ‘negative’ blood types so her family and friends have launched a social media campaign to try and find Western travellers or ex-pats who may have the same blood type.

She is expected to receive another pouch of blood on Monday, but it is a race against time to find more supplies.

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Her mother Alison has flown out to keep vigil by her bedside alongside her traveling partner Lauren Hall, 19.

Lucy’s dad Phil Hill, 54, said: “We were told a car collided with the moped, the driver was travelling on the wrong side of the road and knocked her off her moped.

“She is in a bit of a mess. It is early days to see how she progresses, we don’t know how serious it is.

“Yesterday morning I was nearly physically sick when I found out. It was very upsetting. We were running around yesterday trying to find flights.

“It is my daughter, you would do anything for your own child. We want her to be well. As soon as she gets home the better, not knowing is hard.”

Lucy, who studied PE and hopes to become a teacher, worked for eight months in TGI Fridays, in Prestwich, to save up funds and set off for the dream trip on January 3.

The Leeds Beckett University graduate was at the start of her gap year travelling through Thailand, Australia, Vietnam and Cambodia.

It is understood she was not insured for the trip and the family are receiving assistance from the British Consulate in Thailand.

Anybody who believes they could help Lucy is asked to attend Maharaja Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital at 8.30am on Monday morning for a blood test.

The donor must make it clear the blood must be transferred to Lucy Hill at Rajavej Chiang Mai Hospital.

A crowdfunding page has also been set up to raise cash to pay for treatment and to support her family.

Anybody wishing to make a donation can visit fundrazr.com/campaigns/915eb5

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