Donations pour in for London woman in coma after Australia cycling accident

Amy Haskew, 25, remains in a coma in Melbourne after falling down a 2.5m drop in a cycling accident

The Royal Melbourne Hospital, where Amy Haskew is in a coma (Photo: Lucinda Van Sherly/CC3.0)

Wellwishers have donated thousands of pounds in support of a 25-year-old woman from north-east London who is in a coma in Australia following a cycling accident.

Amy Haskew, who has been travelling round the world with her boyfriend Sam Tall since November, reportedly lost control of her bike and rode over a 2.5m drop in Mallacoota, Victoria.

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Stuart Clarke is a News Associates trained journalist who has worked for the likes of the British Olympic Associate, British Rowing and the England and Wales Cricket Board, and of course Cycling Weekly. His work at Cycling Weekly has focused upon professional racing, following the World Tour races and its characters.