Aussie MMA fighter dies in Bali after crashing his scooter into a ditch as police find seven bottles of beer at the scene
- Perth man dies in Bali after crashing his scooter into drainage ditch in North Kuta
- Body of Keith Coughlan, 26, was spotted by a local man at about 5am on Sunday
- Police said responding officers found seven bottles of beer at the crash scene
- Comes just days after Aussie man, 47, plummeted four storeys from hotel room
A West Australian mixed martial arts fighter has died in Bali after crashing his scooter in a drainage ditch where he was found unresponsive the following day.
The body of Keith Coughlan, 26, was spotted by a local as he walked along a road in North Kuta at about 5am on Sunday morning.
The man called police to recover Mr Coughlan’s body after realising the rider’s legs had become trapped under the wreckage.
The body of Keith Coughlan, 26, (pictured) was spotted by a local as he walked along a road in North Kuta at about 5am on Sunday morning
![The man called police to recover Mr Coughlan's body after realising the rider's legs had become trapped under the wreckage (pictured, police at the crash scene)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/07/24/15/60634883-11043759-image-m-66_1658671755052.jpg)
The man called police to recover Mr Coughlan’s body after realising the rider’s legs had become trapped under the wreckage (pictured, police at the crash scene)
Police are investigating if the Fremantle man was drink-driving after seven bottles of beer were found at the crash scene on Bali’s southern coast, 9News reports.
Just one month earlier, Mr Coughlan won his first MMA bout while competing on the Island at Canggu Fight Night 23.
The shock discovery comes just days after a 47-year-old Australian man also died in Bali after plummeting four storeys from his hotel room to the pool deck below.
The man was reportedly seen ‘staggering’ into room 403 at Haven Hotel in Seminyak, Bali, before falling at about 8pm local time on Wednesday night.
Witness Sara Winata told CNN Indonesia she was on the hotel’s pool deck when she heard shouting and people banging on the fourth floor windows around 7.45pm.
She told the network she went with hotel security guard Ahmad Sopy to discover the noise was coming from room 403.
![Keith Coughlan, 26, has sadly died in Bali after crashing his scooter into a drainage ditch](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/07/24/15/60634891-11043759-Keith_Coughlan_26_has_sadly_died_in_Bali_after_crashing_his_scoo-a-4_1658672301499.jpg)
Keith Coughlan, 26, has sadly died in Bali after crashing his scooter into a drainage ditch
![Officers believe the Fremantle man may have been drink-driving after seven bottles of beer were found at the crash scene on Bali's southern coast (pictured, officers at the crash scene)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/07/24/16/60634875-11043759-Officers_believe_the_Fremantle_man_may_have_been_drink_driving_a-a-8_1658677417772.jpg)
Officers believe the Fremantle man may have been drink-driving after seven bottles of beer were found at the crash scene on Bali’s southern coast (pictured, officers at the crash scene)
Ms Winata said the two of them were trying to get inside the room when they heard a loud noise from the pool deck below. She said her and Mr Sopy went back down to the pool deck where they found the Australian man.
A nurse from Kuta II Health Centre declared the tourist dead at the scene, after having sustained serious head trauma and several broken bones.
Kuta Police are investigating the man’s death and have obtained CCTV footage of him ‘staggering into the hotel room number 403 alone’.
Bali has also been rocked by the death of British tourist James Criddle, 31, who died in a catastrophic cycling accident.
![A 47-year-old Australian man died in Bali after plummeting four storeys from his hotel room to the pool deck below (pictured, Kuta nurses treat the man at the scene)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/07/24/15/60634937-11043759-image-a-69_1658671863096.jpg)
A 47-year-old Australian man died in Bali after plummeting four storeys from his hotel room to the pool deck below (pictured, Kuta nurses treat the man at the scene)
![The man was reportedly seen 'staggering' into room 403 at Haven Hotel (pictured) in Seminyak, Bali, before falling at about 8pm local time on Wednesday night](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/07/24/15/60634939-11043759-image-a-68_1658671847940.jpg)
The man was reportedly seen ‘staggering’ into room 403 at Haven Hotel (pictured) in Seminyak, Bali, before falling at about 8pm local time on Wednesday night
He suffered head injuries from the crash on July 15 and was left in a coma after seven hours of surgery, sadly passing away on Thursday.
His family say he suffered 25 skull fractures and kidney failure. He also had a broken arm, a fractured cheekbone and a dislocated jaw from the accident.
Aussie tourist Joshua Connell died in Bali earlier this month after he fell 15metres from his hotel’s pool deck in Phuket, Thailand, and landed on a tin café roof.
Mr Connell was seen balancing on the pool’s fencing just moments before his fall.
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