Wayne Hodder fighting for life after road accident (From Daily Echo)

Wayne Hodder fighting for life after road accident

12:40pm Tuesday 24th November 2009 in

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A BREWERY deliveryman who suffered critical injuries when he fell out of a moving car was last night fighting for his life in hospital.

Family and friends have rallied around to pay tribute to footballer Wayne Hodder, 31, following the accident in the early hours of Saturday.

Father-of-one Wayne, from Redbridge, was last night in a critical but stable condition in the neurological unit of Southampton General Hospital.

It is understood he was being driven home by his girlfriend after a night celebrating a friend’s birthday in Southampton’s Bedford Place when he fell out of the car.

His brother Paul, 30, praised the volunteer BASICS doctors whose emergency treatment of his serious head injuries at the scene alongside paramedics may have saved his Wayne’s life. However he said the next few days would be critical.

He said his brother, who made deliveries for Carlsberg and Tetley, was extremely popular and particularly well known in Southampton’s grassroots football scene.

He said: “He was always joking about and really bubbly.

He’s got so many friends it’s unbelievable. Everybody loves him. He would do anything for anyone.”