Funds being raised to assist injured Newport man

A GoFundMe account has been opened to help raise money for a Newport man who was injured in a fall last month.

In early June, Charles “Lynsey” Martin fell from the condos above Sorella in the Nye Beach area of Newport. He was severely injured and was rushed to OHSU in Portland, where he remained on a ventilator for two weeks and was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury, diffuse axonal injury, and multiple broken bones.

Martin is married and has an adult disabled daughter who he cares for. He is still hospitalized and was recently transferred to an inpatient rehabilitation center in Salem to help aid in his recovery.

Martin was the sole income earner for his family and now will not be able to return to work for the foreseeable future, leaving his family without an income and without medical insurance. The bills are adding up, and so the GoFundMe was created to help aid the family.