{"id":81289,"date":"2025-05-07T07:43:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T07:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/81289\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T07:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T07:43:13","slug":"birmingham-dad-34-dies-in-stag-do-tragedy-after-hitting-head-and-fracturing-skull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/81289\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham dad, 34, dies in stag-do tragedy after hitting head and fracturing skull"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Jones, 34, from Kings Heath, lost his life after hitting his head and fracturing his skull on a friend&#8217;s stag-do in Liverpool and money is now being raised for his partner and four children<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_05a29933-959a-4095-aa0a-b5e48767ea00.jpg\" alt=\"Alex Jones \" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Alex Jones was just 34-years-old when he lost his life(Image: Beth Horridge)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A dad-of-four from<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/kings-heath-and-stirchley\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"> Kings Heath<\/a> lost his life after fracturing his skull on a friend\u2019s stag-do. Alex Jones, 34, was in Liverpool when the incident happened on March 28. His injury resulted in three bleeds on the brain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He died on April 10 after being in a coma and he left behind his girlfriend, Paige, and four children, Daisy, Riley, Taylor, and Skye, who are aged from one to 14.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Beth Horridge, his sister, has shared a GoFundMe page for his devastated family, with more than \u00a317,000 raised so far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In an interview with<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/uk-world-news\/dad-four-dies-after-hitting-31583119\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"> Liverpool ECHO<\/a>, she said: \u201cThe fundraiser is amazing\u2026 the amount of people and money we have raised has been out of the world and we most definitely didn\u2019t expect such a high number.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_971f9a6f-fe14-4aa8-bcd8-4eae164dc2cb.jpg\" alt=\"Alex Jones and his family \" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Alex was known for making everyone laugh and here he is with his partner and four children (Image: Beth Horridge)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Remembering her brother, she added: \u201cAlex was the joker of the family forever playing jokes, making us all laugh. He loved life and he really did light up any room he walked into, he was the best dad to his four children and the best partner to Paige and his four children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cAlex was the main breadwinner in the relationship with his own business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We set up the fundraiser to help Paige and the children to adapt to life without Alex and his income also to help the family give him the best send off as Alex was so young and a funeral is something we have never discussed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_b32856c5-9605-4ecd-81d0-3c2809484142.jpg\" alt=\"Alex Jones \" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>He was from Kings Heath and worked as an electrician (Image: Beth Horridge)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cAs a family it has left a huge hole in all of our hearts and the world will never be the same without him. I can\u2019t even begin to share the hurt we are all experiencing at the moment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cHe most certainly was the best big brother, son, dad, partner, just an amazing man. I know people say it &#8211; but he really did not deserve this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Giving further insight on the fundraising page, she added: \u201cAlex was a vibrant, kind-hearted person who lit up the lives of everyone around him.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_f833806b-64a0-4646-a47c-44f109c3062a.jpg\" alt=\"Alex (right) alongside his sister, Beth, their brother, Dean, and their mum\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Alex (right) alongside his sister, Beth, their brother, Dean, and their mum(Image: Beth Horridge)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cAs a devoted partner and father, he was always there for his family\u2014whether it was playing with Daisy, Riley, Taylor, and Skye, supporting Paige, or being the rock they could all lean on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cHe was also a cherished friend, known for his wild personality and love for a pint of beer, often bringing laughter and energy to every gathering he attended. His loss has left a void that words cannot describe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A spokesperson for Merseyside Police said: \u201cA 31-year-old man from <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> remains on bail for s18 wounding and enquiries remain ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex Jones, 34, from Kings Heath, lost his life after hitting his head and fracturing his skull on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,378,16821,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-81289","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-in-the-news","13":"tag-kings-heath-and-stirchley","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}