Almost €30,000 have been raised for Armenian man Ilabek Avetian, 39, left in a vegetative state after a horrific scrambler crash in Ireland. The money was raised in just one day after people read about his situation in a number of newspapers, The Journal.ie website reported.

Speaking to the Irish Independent, Avetian’s wife, Anzhela Kotsinian, thanked people for their generosity.

“It is very hard for me to put into words how this has helped me today,” she said. “From the morning when I looked online, I have not been able to stop crying.

“To know that so many Irish people wanted to help Ilabek and me has made me very happy. I cannot describe how this feels to know so many Irish people cared for us.”

Speaking in the wake of the media coverage, Fianna Fáil (The Republican Party) member of the Assembly of Ireland John Curran said legislative action must be taken to curb the illegal use of all-terrain vehicles, including scramblers and quad bikes, in urban areas.

As reported earlier, Ilabek Avetian suffered severe head injuries after a scrambler bike fell on him as he sunbathed in a park in the Irish capital city of Dublin.