The family of a Windsor man who is fighting for his life in a London hospital, says it is being denied access to see him.

Israfil Kilic was critically injured in a crash on Highway 401 in Chatham-Kent earlier this month.

His wife and children live in Turkey.

They are now pleading with the federal government to let them see him as these could be his final days.

The crash on Oct. 6 sent the 33 year-old construction worker and two other men from New York to hospital.

Kilic’s family has been told they can’t come to Canada.

Aryan Ghasemiyani, a family friend, says God only knows how much time Kilic has left.

A lawyer hired by the family says the left side of Kilic's brain has little to no brain activity. Kilic is on life support and could have only days to live.

Kilic’s family in Canada is trying to get a temporary Visa for his father, wife and three children to see him.

Despite the family crisis, they've been denied.

CTV News obtained a copy of a letter written by a doctor at London Health Sciences Centre to the federal government on Oct. 11.

"Current clinical status is critical and we would appreciate if his family is provided assistance in obtaining the necessary documents for travel to Canada,” it says.

Kilic’s sister Zeynep Durmus and her husband are Canadian citizens who live in Windsor and own a business.

The couple has been spending their days in London by Kilic’s side.

"I think it's a heartless approach to the situation,” says Windsor West MP Brian Masse.

"We will write the minister and implore that this is a situation where the family model needs to be supported."

The family is hoping pressure from the public, media and lawyers might help the government reconsider.

"The governement should allow them on compassionate grounds," Ghasemiyani says.