TWO Brit tourists who were left seriously injured after being run over during a holiday in Ibiza have been named.
Mum-of-three Ebony Cordingley, 26, and close pal and fellow mum Lauren Homes, 27, suffered traumatic brain injuries and broken bones as a result of the horror crash.
SolarpixMum-of-three Ebony Cordingley, 26, was of of two Brit tourists run over in Ibiza[/caption]
SolarpixLauren Holmes, 27, suffered severe injuries in the horror smash[/caption]
SolarpixThe pair, Ebony (L) and Lauren (R), are close pals from Bradford[/caption]
SolarpixLauren has a young daughter and son[/caption]
Ebony, from Bradford, West Yorks, is in the private Nuestra Senora del Rosario Polyclinic.
Mum-of-two Lauren Holmes, 27, in intensive care at Ibiza’s main Can Misses state hospital.
The pair were hit by a Toyota Corolla driven by a 24-year-old Spaniard just before 2am on Tuesday morning on the El-600 road between Ibiza and San Antonio.
Ebony’s sister Shannon, who has helped organise a GoFundMe appeal for her sibling, described her sibling’s terrifying ordeal.
She said: “On what should have been a happy holiday in Ibiza, our beloved sister Ebony was struck by a speeding taxi in the early hours of Tuesday 26th August, and is now in a critical condition in an intensive care unit.
“This sudden and devastating accident has turned our world upside down and our family is facing the most frightening time of our lives.
“Right now, doctors are doing everything they can, but the reality is that her recovery will be long, uncertain, and incredibly difficult.”
She added that she was unsure of how lasting her sister’s injuries would be, and pleaded for any donations to help her family get through the tragic ordeal.
One local report yesterday described the condition of Lauren, who has a young girl and young boy and is also from Bradford, as “critical.”
Shannon said on Wednesday morning: “I can’t give you an update on Lauren’s condition at the moment but Ebony has a bleed on the brain, bleeding in her lungs, broken leg, fractured leg, broken ribs and multiple contusions.
“She’s being classed as critical at the moment and after 2pm hopefully she’ll be categorised as serious but stable. That’s our hope anyway.”
The horror incident that left the two women in hospital is still being probed by the Civil Guard.
There have been no reports of any arrests and the Spanish driver is said to have passed a drink-drive test although this has not yet been confirmed by police.
Shannon also said she believed the pair were crossing the road when they were hit, in an area within the municipality of San Antonio known locally as Can Guillemo.
She explained that Lauren and Ebony were heading back to their hotel after a meal.
She said: “They weren’t drinking, weren’t leaving any clubs, they played in a park on swings, went for a walk, went for food then walked back to their hotel not realising the dangers of the roads around there.”
The Civil Guard said on Tuesday as news of the early-hours incident emerged: “Two British women were taken to hospital in a serious condition.
“They were pedestrians who were run over by a 24-year Spaniard at the wheel of a Toyota Corolla.
They added: “The incident happened at 1.50am on the El-600 road between Ibiza and San Antonio in the municipality of San Antonio.”
On Wednesday, cops said they couldn’t comment on whether the driver was in a cab and what speed investigators thought he could have been doing.
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