Brit stranded in Sri Lanka after horror motorbike crash amid 'trip of a lifetime'

Brit stranded in Sri Lanka after horror motorbike crash amid 'trip of a lifetime'WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Alex Muncey travelled abroad for a ten-week trip "of a lifetime" but disaster struck just hours after landing, and he was rushed to hospitalNewsNeil Shaw and Elizabeta Ranxburgaj19:42, 15 Apr 2026View 4 ImagesAlex Muncey in a hospital bed in Sri Lanka(Image: Cambridgeshire Live)A British tourist is stranded abroad after a motorbike crash just three hours into his trip — due to a tiny error on his insurance.‌Alex Muncey, 33, flew to Colombo, Sri Lanka, for a ten-week "trip of a lifetime" but the adventure turned into a nightmare on the first day. The 33-year-old had been travelling from the airport to his hostel but was knocked off his rental bike by a lorry overtaking on a blind bend, just three hours after he touched down.‌The Brit, from Cambridgeshire, suffered a bleed on the brain, three fractures in his right arm and four fractures in his right leg but his loved ones are fighting to bring him back home.‌View 4 ImagesAlex in a Sri Lankan hospital after the crash(Image: Cambridgeshire Live)READ MORE: Tragedy as British teenager Orla Wates killed in motorbike crash in VietnamREAD MORE: Young Brit Niaomi Baker stranded 1,000 miles from home after seizure on planeAlex's partner Helen Garrod, 31, said he had travel insurance but was devastated to learn it only covered motorbikes up to 125cc, not the 250cc he rented, according to CambridgeshireLive.Helen, from Ely, Cambridgeshire, said: "He had been planning a life-time adventure trip. He was out there for three hours, it's so devastating. He landed on Monday, picked up his bike and was on his way down the coast when a lorry or a van overtook on a blind corner and smashed into him.‌View 4 ImagesAlex before the accident(Image: Cambridgeshire Live)"I rang his hostel and found out that he never arrived, which obviously made me really, really worried. When he was on...