Luke Gorse, 14

14 year old Luke Gorse is lucky to be alive today and without the fast, emergency treatment from DLRAA it could have been a different story.

Luke was out riding his bike when he was run over by a 16-tonne truck and sustained multiple complex fractures to his pelvis; it was smashed to pieces. The crew received the emergency call and flew to the scene in minutes, a journey that would have taken over an hour by land.

The crew stabilised and treated Luke and flew him to hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery, was induced into a coma for two days and spent a further four in intensive care on a respirator.

Dad, Neil, said: "Seeing him covered in all the tubes and pipes was very hard. I spoke to doctors about whether he would walk again but they said they needed to concentrate on making him stable first. That's when you start to really worry."

DLRAA Paramedic Dylan Griffin who treated Luke at the scenesaid: "When we first got there Luke was under the lorry. He had massive pelvic injuries. We worked as fast as we could because we knew this was a life or death situation.

"Luke recently came to see us and to see him walk into base was miraculous. No one could really believe it. His pelvis was really demolished by this lorry and only a couple of months afterwards he was up and walking normally.

"I believe it was the rapid response we were able to achieve with the air ambulance that was the key. Those minutes and seconds were crucial to limiting the damage."

Mum, Sally, said: "There were a few days first where we did not know if he was going to live. Then we weren't sure when he would walk. Then he came home and before we knew it he was walking. I would like to thank DLRAA for their fast response and care on the scene. Without them the outcome could have been very different."