Cornwall mum stranded in India with horror injuries after 'head-on collision'

Cornwall mum stranded in India with horror injuries after 'head-on collision'Mum-of-five Roxanne Bolton, 39, will need 'several' procedures after she was flung from a motorcycle in a horror collision in India, leaving her in 'extreme pain' with multiple injuriesCommentsNewsBritta Zeltmann and Zahra Khaliq News Reporter08:46, 05 Apr 2026View 3 ImagesRoxanne Bolton, 39, was caught in a horror collision while travelling in India(Image: Supplied)A British mum is stranded in India after she was flung from a motorbike in a "head-on collision" and left with agonising injuries.‌Roxanne Bolton, 39, will need "several" procedures before she can return home to the UK safely, Indian medics say. The mum-of-five, from Bude, Cornwall, was on the back of a motorcycle with a friend when they turned a corner and smashed straight into another motorcycle.‌"She was flung from the back seat into a ditch," Roxanne's daughter Aleisha Petherick said. "When she looked at her leg it was just completely mis-formed. She was in agony."‌Roxanne had been travelling through India and Thailand since January - something she has always wanted to do - but was rushed to hospital in the early hours of March 29 when she was left badly injured from the crash.View 3 ImagesThe mum-of-five will need 'several' procedures, medics say(Image: Supplied)Her daughters received the terrifying call saying she had been in an accident, and are now desperately trying to raise funds for their mum, who did not have insurance at the time, reports Cornwall Live.‌Roxanne has already had one round of surgery, but medics say she will need several more procedures, with costs expected to be in the thousands. The mum was initially treated at a government hospital in Pondicherry before being transferred to the local Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS).Aleisha said the owner of the hostel her mum was staying at generously paid for the i...