Without the air ambulance Scott would not be here ...

after a motor-cross accident in 2014.

Grateful mum Kate, a medical secretary at Shepley GP Practice, said: “Without the air ambulance Scott would not have survived, it’s that simple. They are an amazing charity and we really wanted to raise £12,000 – the cost of keeping them flying for a day.

“It also gave us a focus during what was a very difficult time and we have just been so touched by how much support we have had.”

More than 20 family and friends, including Scott’s girlfriend Fern Hopkins, took part in the York 10K. His close friends Lewis Reynolds and Ian Walker, of Huddersfield band LewRey, also wrote and recorded a song dedicated to him called Til You Come Home.

All profits from the single, which is available on iTunes to download, are going to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

Scott has now recovered enough to start the final year of his English Language degree course at Sheffield Hallam University.

The aspiring teacher said: “I was only a couple of modules and my dissertation away from completing my degree when I had the accident so I really wanted to go back and finish it.

“It’s been hard. I had to learn to walk and talk again and a stutter that I had as a child has come back but I’ve had so much support and I’m just very lucky to be alive.”

Scott’s dramatic roadside treatment and recovery can be seen on Helicopter ER at 9pm this Monday on Really.