Carer thanks 'amazing' doctors and donors after crash trauma

friends and a perfect girlfriend who are all there to help me recover. I'm lucky to have a great network of people."

More than 500 people have made individual donationssome are friends and contacts on social media but many others are strangers who have heard Curtis's story, including bikers and dance music fans.

Curtis said: "I am completely overwhelmed by the support I have received.

"So many lovely people giving up their hard-earned money to help me is just wonderful.

"I want to thank every single donor for their generosity - it has made me cry multiple times with happiness."

Stacey said: "We want to make his recovery as easy as possible.

"Curtis used to play football twice a week and he wants to get back to doing that, as well as walking our dog, Ruby.

"His employers at Prestige have given him the option of a possible office job but that's not him at all - he'd rather find something he can do to continue helping people directly.

"He's expected to be in hospital for eight to 12 weeks and it's going to be a long process of recovery, but he's lucky he's alive and had no head or spinal injuries."

The fundraising page can be found at tinyurl.com/5fvwc88e or by searching for Curtis Buca at Gofundme.com.

*Avon and Somerset police arrested a 39-year-old man on suspicion of careless driving causing serious injury and drugdriving in connection with the crash that injured Curtis.

A spokesperson said the driver had been released under investigation.

The collision happened near The Swan pub, in a 30mph section close to the Nibley Lane junction, at about 4.50pm. Badminton Road was closed for more than four hours afterwards.

Police are appealing for anyone who thinks they witnessed the collision or has relevant dashcam footage to call them on 101 and quote the incident reference number 5223 119 312.